KS2 SATs results: what to publish on your school website
If your school has key stage 2 pupils, your website needs your latest key stage 2 results, using the figures from the DfE's performance tables.
Check this on my websiteWho it applies to
- Published on
- The school's own website
- School type
- Academies and maintained schools
- School stage
- Primary, junior, middle and all-through
- Only applies to
- Schools with key stage 2 pupils; not infant schools; special schools per guidance
- Does not apply to
- No school types are excluded
When it's due
By 1 January each year
Update them once the DfE publishes the year's results in the autumn.
What's needed
Add your latest key stage 2 results to the results page on your website, or link to your performance tables page, and update them every year.
What it must contain
4 parts- Gives the share of pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combinedMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
- Gives the share of pupils who reached a higher standard in reading, writing and maths combinedMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
- Gives the average progress scores in reading, writing and mathematicsMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
- Gives the average scaled scores in reading and mathematicsMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
What the official sources say
Set out in 3 official sources:
What maintained schools must publish online
Primary schools must publish their most recent key stage 2 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising: – the percentage of their pupils who achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined) – the percentage of their pupils who achieved a higher standard in reading, writing and maths (combined) – their pupils’ average scaled score in: – reading – maths
Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 2
– their Progress 8 score
Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 4
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– progress (value added) measures
Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 5 (16 to 18)
What academies must publish online
Academies with key stage 2 pupils should publish their most recent key stage 2 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising: – the percentage of their pupils who achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined) – the percentage of their pupils who achieved a higher standard in reading, writing and maths (combined) – their pupils’ average scaled score in: – reading – maths
Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 2
School Information Regulations 2016
4 The school’s most recent key stage 2 results as published by the Secretary of State in the School Performance Tables, to include the following information— a percentage of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics; b average progress in reading; c average progress in writing; d average progress in mathematics; e percentage of pupils achieving a high level of attainment in reading, writing and mathematics; f average scaled score in reading; g average scaled score in mathematics.
Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ SI 2016/451 regulation 2(2), substituting Schedule 4 paragraph 4 of the 2008 Regulations
Questions schools ask
Do schools have to publish key stage 2 results?
Maintained schools must. For academies, it's recommended in official guidance, but isn't a legal requirement in itself. It only applies to schools with key stage 2 pupils; not infant schools; special schools per guidance.
Which key stage 2 results do we need to publish?
Share of pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined; share of pupils who reached a higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined; average progress scores in reading, writing and mathematics; average scaled scores in reading and mathematics.
When do we need to update our key stage 2 results?
By 1 January each year. Update them once the DfE publishes the year's results in the autumn.
Where does the requirement for the key stage 2 results come from?
It is set out in What maintained schools must publish online, What academies must publish online and School Information Regulations 2016.
Recent changes to the official guidance
Updates to the official sources that affect this requirement, newest first.
24 October 2024 · What academies must publish online
The DfE changed what academies should publish about test, exam and assessment results.
24 October 2024 · What maintained schools must publish online
The DfE changed what maintained schools must publish about test, exam and assessment results.
15 May 2024 · What maintained schools must publish online
The DfE updated the test, exam and assessment results section.
15 December 2022 · What maintained schools must publish online
We have updated example wording which schools can use to show that the most recent key stage 2 performance measures are for the 2018 to 2019 academic year.
We last checked these sources on 21 September 2026.
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Official wording that does not apply to schools (2)
It will not be possible to calculate key stage 1 to key stage 2 progress measures for 2023 to 2024 or 2024 to 2025 academic years. This is because there is no key stage 1 baseline available to calculate primary progress measures for these years, because of Covid disruption.
It will not be possible to calculate key stage 1 to key stage 2 progress measures for the 2023 to 2024 or 2024 to 2025 academic years. There is no key stage 1 baseline available to calculate primary progress measures for these years because of Covid-19 disruption.
Official sources last checked 21 September 2026 · register version 1.0.4