Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: West 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
Birmingham District	57	76	19	55	73	18	61	84	23
Bridgnorth District	74	87	13	71	83	12	75	91	16
Bromsgrove District	70	85	15	63	79	16	75	91	16
Cannock Chase District	61	75	14	63	76	13	71	88	17
Coventry District	60	78	18	57	74	17	65	86	21
Dudley District	61	79	18	58	74	16	66	87	21
East Staffordshire District	66	81	15	61	77	16	67	90	23
Herefordshire, County of District	70	81	11	69	77	8	75	88	13
Lichfield District	70	82	12	68	81	13	77	90	13
Malvern Hills District	72	87	15	70	80	10	79	92	13
Newcastle-under-Lyme District	65	84	19	63	81	18	71	90	19
North Shropshire District	64	80	16	62	75	13	71	89	18
North Warwickshire District	57	81	24	57	75	18	65	88	23
Nuneaton and Bedworth District	59	80	21	54	75	21	61	88	27
Oswestry District	67	81	14	60	76	16	72	88	16
Redditch District	59	75	16	51	70	19	61	87	26
Rugby District	66	83	17	60	80	20	62	90	28
Sandwell District	51	76	25	46	73	27	51	85	34
Shrewsbury and Atcham District	63	81	18	65	80	15	69	88	19
Solihull District	70	85	15	68	81	13	73	92	19
South Shropshire District	69	84	15	70	81	11	71	90	19
South Staffordshire District	71	83	12	70	80	10	78	92	14
Stafford District	72	86	14	70	83	13	75	93	18
Staffordshire Moorlands District	68	81	13	70	76	6	76	88	12
Stoke-on-Trent District	57	75	18	54	74	20	63	84	21
Stratford-on-Avon District	72	87	15	71	82	11	77	92	15
Tamworth District	57	76	19	55	72	17	60	84	24
Telford and Wrekin District	55	78	23	54	74	20	62	86	24
Walsall District	56	78	22	52	75	23	59	87	28
Warwick District	66	86	20	60	82	22	69	91	22
Wolverhampton District	59	77	18	51	72	21	59	85	26
Worcester District	60	76	16	55	74	19	59	87	28
Wychavon District	67	81	14	62	74	12	76	87	11
Wyre Forest District	57	76	19	53	73	20	60	88	28

West Midlands Region	61	79	18	58	76	18	65	87	22

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%
West Midlands Region	1,480	289	1,450	230

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
West Midlands Region	77	83.4	6.4

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
West Midlands Region	71.9	74.8	2.9

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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