Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: North East

Literacy and numeracy at age 11

Key Stage 2 Results: Percentage of Pupils achieving Level 4 or above
National Indicator 76: Reduction in the number of schools where fewer than 55% of pupils achieve level 4 or above in both English and Maths at KS2
National Indicator 93: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
National Indicator 94: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

Key Stage 2 Results: Percentage of Pupils achieving Level 4 or above

	English			Maths			Science
	1997	2007	% points difference	1997	2007	% points difference	1997	2007	% points difference
Alnwick District	70	85	15	60	78	18	73	91	18
Berwick-upon-Tweed District	54	82	28	57	81	24	62	91	29
Blyth Valley District	59	75	16	57	69	12	68	86	18
Castle Morpeth District	73	87	14	71	80	9	79	92	13
Chester-le-Street District	68	90	22	70	88	18	76	95	19
Darlington District	67	79	12	66	80	14	73	90	17
Derwentside District	62	76	14	67	73	6	72	85	13
Durham District	67	86	19	68	82	14	74	90	16
Easington District	56	75	19	60	75	15	66	86	20
Gateshead District	61	80	19	60	78	18	68	88	20
Hartlepool District	60	82	22	63	81	18	69	91	22
Middlesbrough District	55	79	24	57	77	20	66	86	20
Newcastle upon Tyne District	51	75	24	51	74	23	60	85	25
North Tyneside District	62	84	22	62	78	16	70	89	19
Redcar and Cleveland District	61	82	21	62	81	19	73	88	15
Sedgefield District	61	78	17	64	79	15	72	89	17
South Tyneside District	61	81	20	63	78	15	67	88	21
Stockton-on-Tees District	60	81	21	62	81	19	70	90	20
Sunderland District	60	79	19	63	77	14	70	88	18
Teesdale District	70	84	14	70	86	16	77	92	15
Tynedale District	71	83	12	65	79	14	81	94	13
Wansbeck District	54	71	17	48	64	16	61	82	21
Wear Valley District	61	82	21	64	77	13	67	89	22

North East Region	60	80	20	61	78	17	69	88	19

England	63	80	17	62	77	15	68	88	20

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National Indicator 76: Reduction in the number of schools where fewer than 55% of pupils achieve level 4 or above in both English and Maths at KS2

	2005		2007
	Total number of schools	Schools <55%	Total number of schools	Schools <55%
North East Region	722	135	723	97

England	13,565	2,283	13,439	1,797

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National Indicator 93: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

	2005	2007	% points difference
North East Region	76.3	81.9	5.6

England	78	83.6	5.6

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National Indicator 94: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

	2005	2007	% points difference
North East Region	72.3	75.6	3.3

England	73.3	75.9	2.6

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National Summary

Final figures for 2007 show that 80 per cent of 11 year olds reached the required standard in English up from 63 per cent in 1997. In Mathematics 77 per cent of 11 year olds reached the required standard up from 62 per cent in 1997. In Science 88 per cent of 11 year olds reached the required standard up from 68 per cent in 1997.

In 2007 the number of schools where fewer than 55 per cent of pupils achieve level 4 or above in both English and Maths at Key Stage 2 was 1,797. This compares with 2,283 in 2005.

In 2007 83.6 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. This compares with 78.0 per cent in 2005.

In 2007 75.9 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in Mathematics between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. This compares with 73.3 per cent in 2005.

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