School Performance
At Richard Clarke First School we are continually striving for excellence and we carefully track individual pupil progress. Academic data is important and Richard Clarke performs well against national averages. However, we do believe that this data, doesn’t give you the whole picture of how much progress our children make at RCFS, as we look at progress in many ways. Nonetheless, here is our headline data:
The Richard Clarke First School – GOV.UK (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk)
Early Years – % of pupils attaining a ‘Good Level of Development’-
| National | RCFS | |
| 2023 | 67.2% | 71% |
| 2024 | 67.7% | 75% |
| 2025 |
Year 1 – % of pupils achieving the Phonics Screening Check pass mark and above-
| National | RCFS | |
| 2023 | 79% | 80% |
| 2024 | 80% | 90% |
| 2025 |
KS1 subject working at the expected level National results-
| National Reading | RCFS | National Writing | RCFS | National Maths | RCFS | |
| 2023 | 67% | 85% | 58% | 73% | 68% | 88% |
| 2024 | 68% | 68% | 60% | 68% | 70% | 77% |
| 2025 |
(NB Our cohorts can range from 15 to 30 pupils so each child can be worth between 3 and 6% when comparing data year on year, making some data unreliable)