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

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
Amber Valley District	66	82	16	62	79	17	69	89	20
Ashfield District	48	73	25	52	74	22	54	87	33
Bassetlaw District	59	77	18	64	75	11	67	85	18
Blaby District	66	86	20	69	82	13	75	91	16
Bolsover District	55	75	20	58	76	18	61	84	23
Boston District	64	79	15	66	77	11	67	85	18
Broxtowe District	64	83	19	63	81	18	68	90	22
Charnwood District	65	83	18	64	80	16	72	89	17
Chesterfield District	64	78	14	65	78	13	72	88	16
Corby District	63	78	15	67	78	11	73	88	15
Daventry District	75	85	10	75	81	6	80	92	12
Derby District	61	75	14	58	72	14	65	83	18
Derbyshire Dales District	75	86	11	79	85	6	83	92	9
East Lindsey District	64	77	13	61	76	15	67	86	19
East Northamptonshire District	70	83	13	65	81	16	75	91	16
Erewash District	63	83	20	59	79	20	67	89	22
Gedling District	63	85	22	65	83	18	71	91	20
Harborough District	70	88	18	73	83	10	79	91	12
High Peak District	70	86	16	69	82	13	73	91	18
Hinckley and Bosworth District	69	83	14	66	81	15	76	91	15
Kettering District	67	80	13	64	77	13	70	88	18
Leicester District	53	72	19	54	70	16	59	81	22
Lincoln District	53	73	20	54	72	18	59	82	23
Mansfield District	55	74	19	53	72	19	63	84	21
Melton District	60	88	28	65	82	17	75	91	16
Newark and Sherwood District	58	78	20	57	76	19	62	88	26
North East Derbyshire District	64	84	20	69	81	12	74	89	15
North Kesteven District	69	87	18	70	84	14	75	92	17
North West Leicestershire District	61	79	18	63	75	12	73	87	14
Northampton District	57	73	16	54	69	15	64	81	17
Nottingham District	41	72	31	41	72	31	47	83	36
Oadby and Wigston District	66	80	14	58	70	12	66	80	14
Rushcliffe District	77	88	11	77	89	12	81	95	14
Rutland District	75	87	12	79	83	4	83	91	8
South Derbyshire District	64	85	21	64	82	18	70	91	21
South Holland District	64	79	15	64	74	10	68	84	16
South Kesteven District	70	84	14	70	81	11	74	90	16
South Northamptonshire District	78	88	10	76	85	9	84	94	10
Wellingborough District	63	80	17	62	77	15	70	88	18
West Lindsey District	70	83	13	69	78	9	72	89	17

East Midlands Region	62	80	18	62	77	15	68	87	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%
East Midlands Region	1,261	201	1,239	170

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
East Midlands Region	75.9	81.5	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
East Midlands Region	72	74.7	2.7

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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