Pupil Performance 2026

In the summer term of 2026, pupils in Y1, Y4 and Y6 were assessed in accordance with government guidelines. Below we have included some information on how our pupils performed, including national and local data for 2026 so you can see how we compare to national statistics. We congratulate our pupils on their hard work and achievements.

Y1 Phonics Screening Results

Pupils in Year 1 were asked to read 40 words which were made of 20 ‘real’ words and 20 ‘nonsense’ words. Pupils are judged to have met the required standard if they are able to read 32 or more of the 40 words correctly. 92% of our Year 1 pupils met this standard.

	% meeting expected standard nationally	% meeting expected standard in Islington	% meeting the expected standard at Robert Blair
Phonics testing	82%	83%	92%

Year 4 Multiplication Check

Pupils in Year 4 were assessed in their recall of their times tables in the multiplication check (MTC).  Pupils have six seconds to answer 25 questions.  They are marked out of 25.  The average score in Year 4 at Robert Blair was 22.6 and 44% of pupils achieved full marks.

	average score nationally	average score in Islington	average score at Robert Blair
MTC	21.6	22.4	22.6

KS2 Data

Year 6 pupils are assessed in reading, writing, maths. Pupils sit a formal test for these subjects, except for writing which is teacher assessed. Pupils are considered to have attained or exceeded the ‘expected’ standard within each subject. 26 Year 6 pupils sat the tests in 2025.

% of Year 6 pupils attaining the expected standard	Nationally	Islington	Robert Blair School
Reading	75%	79.5%	69%
Writing	73%	76.5%	65%
Maths	75%	79%	73%
Combined	63%	70%	62%

 

% of Year 6 pupils exceeding the expected standard	Nationally	Islington	Robert Blair School
Reading	31%	37.5%	15%
Writing	13%	19%	8%
Maths	27%	32%	15%
Combined	8.5%	14%	4%