Student Achievement – Paetae Ākonga – PAT results

2025 Wadestown School PAT results

Māori Student Results

In 2025 there are less than ten Māori students in Years 4 to 8, so for privacy reasons we are not including the PAT results for these students.

We note that the data for this group of students has been analysed and shared with the Board who continue to monitor Māori student achievement.

Summary of 2025 PAT Overall Results (by subject and stanine)

Discussion of results in our context

At Wadestown School our students continue to achieve at a high standard with 89% to 93% of our Year 4 to Year 8 students achieving an average or higher stanine across all PATs. Over 40% of students have achieved an ‘above average’ or ‘outstanding’ stanine, with the exception of the Listening Comprehension PAT for 2025 (see note below).
We have a very low percentage of students who achieve below an average stanine. For those students who do achieve below an average stanine, additional assistance is provided within the classroom programmes to accelerate their achievement.
The mean stanine scores across all assessments has increased from 2024 (with the exception of the Listening Test which we are unable to compare as the test was completed online in 2025).
In 2025, for the first time, our students sat the Listening PAT online. Results for this PAT were the lowest of all the PATs, with the same percentages for the ‘below average’ stanine and the ‘outstanding’ stanine, as the national reference group. As this was the first time this PAT was completed online, it is unclear as to whether this had an effect. The results of the next Listening test they sit, may clarify if this new format had an impact on this year’s results.
PAT assessment results are a part of the assessment data used when teachers are making an overall teacher judgement (OTJ) for each student.

Comparison of 2024 to 2025 results:

The percentage of students achieving an ‘above average’ or ‘outstanding’ stanine increased in Mathematics by 2%, Punctuation and Grammar by 5%, and Reading Comprehension by 10%, with a corresponding increase in the mean score for these PATS. This is very pleasing to see that, albeit in small numbers, we have increased the number of students achieving at these stanines, rather than decreasing as happened in 2024.
Reading Vocabulary has, for the past few years been the PAT that our students score highly in across all levels. This year however, there has been a slight decrease of 3%, in the percentage of students achieving an ‘above average’ or ‘outstanding’ stanine. Students achieving a stanine 3 or below increased by 5%. Although each PAT gives an example of how to answer the question at the beginning of the assessment, on analysing the results, we believe that for some of our students, completing practice examples before sitting this assessment would be beneficial for them.
The 10% increase in Reading Comprehension in students achieving a stanine 7-9 was pleasing to see.

2024 Wadestown School PAT results

Commentary from the SLT

At Wadestown School students continue to achieve at a high standard with 89% to 96% of our Year 4 to Year 8 students achieving an average or higher stanine across all PATs. Reading Vocabulary is a particular strength of our students with 96% achieving an average or higher stanine.

Detailed analysis by teaching teams into students achieving a below or well below stanine, identify areas of need and next steps in learning for these students. Comparing data across teams highlights common areas of strengths and next steps in each of the curriculum areas of mathematics, reading, comprehension, reading vocabulary and punctuation and grammar. This data is also used to inform our teaching and learning programmes.

In 2023, we introduced the adaptive testing in Mathematics (Pāngarau) and Reading Vocabulary. We acknowledge the pros and cons of adaptive PAT testing in terms of providing comparative cohort data because students are sitting the assessments at the level of the curriculum that they are learning at. Although it makes it harder to provide an overall cohort analysis, it does highlight individual student areas of need and provides an assessment that is tailored to each child.

The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) discuss and analyse the PAT data and provide information to the Board based on these findings.

2024 Year 4 – Year 8 Mathematics
2024 Year 4 – Year 8 Reading Comprehension
2024 Year 4 – Year 8 Punctuation and Grammar

2024 Year 5 – Year 8 Reading Vocabulary

Note: Year 4 students do not sit this test.

2023 Wadestown School PAT results

The PAT results show that at Wadestown School, students achieve highly in all areas. A high percentage of students achieve at an average or above average level in Mathematics (94%), Punctuation & Grammar (93%), Reading Comprehension (88%) and Reading Vocabulary (94%). Compared to the national reference group, at Wadestown School, the average stanine for all PATs is higher.

The Reading Comprehension results this year is lower than last years of 97% We believe this is because 2023 is the first year that our Year 4 students have sat the PAT Reading Comprehension and also their first on-line assessment. Some of these students’ computer skills may have hindered their assessments.

Māori students
As there is only 14 Māori students in Year 4-8, we are not including stanine graphs on their PAT results. This is to protect the privacy of individuals. We note, however that a very high percentage of Māori students achieve at an average or higher level: Mathematics: 93%, Punctuation & Grammar 93%, Reading Comprehension 100%, Reading Vocabulary: 93%. Reading Comprehension would appear to be a strength of our Māori students with 100% achieving an average or higher stanine. The average stanine for all PATs is higher than that of the national reference group.

The graphs below, showing the stanines for each PAT, are taken from the school’s reports on the NZCER website.

2023 Year 4 – Year 8 – Pāngarau (Mathematics)

* Numbers in brackets provide statistics for all students in the national reference group.

** Percentages may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

2023 Year 4 – Year 8 – Reading Comprehension

2023 Year 4 – Year 8 – Reading Vocabulary

2023 Year 4 – Year 8 – Punctuation and Grammar

2022 Wadestown School PAT results

The PAT results show that at Wadestown School students achieve highly in all areas. The percentage of students who have achieved an average (4,5,6), above average (7,8) or outstanding stanine (9), is as follows: Mathematics (91%), Punctuation & Grammar (94%), Reading Comprehension (97%) and Reading Vocabulary (97%). Reading is an area of strength for our students.

Note: Year 4 students sit only the PAT Mathematics and Punctuation and Grammar. Instead of using the PAT Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary assessments the Y3/4 teachers use the Star Reading test as teachers believe it provides more diagnostic date appropriate to that level.

Māori Students

At Wadestown School our Māori students achieved highly in areas. This is shown by the percentage of students who achieved an average, above average or outstanding stanine: Mathematics (94%), Punctuation & Grammar (95%), Reading Comprehension (100%) and Reading Vocabulary (100%). Reading is an area of strength for our Māori students.