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England > East of England Region

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
Babergh District	69	83	14	68	79	11	75	89	14
Basildon District	56	75	19	56	72	16	57	84	27
Bedford District	62	77	15	57	74	17	69	86	17
Braintree District	65	81	16	62	78	16	71	88	17
Breckland District	59	77	18	57	72	15	65	84	19
Brentwood District	78	89	11	74	87	13	81	94	13
Broadland District	71	84	13	69	81	12	77	93	16
Broxbourne District	70	83	13	64	80	16	73	89	16
Cambridge District	57	81	24	54	76	22	61	84	23
Castle Point District	67	79	12	59	77	18	67	87	20
Chelmsford District	69	83	14	68	79	11	73	90	17
Colchester District	61	81	20	63	77	14	67	89	22
Dacorum District	71	82	11	68	80	12	78	89	11
East Cambridgeshire District	63	82	19	64	77	13	71	88	17
East Hertfordshire District	76	89	13	72	84	12	81	94	13
Epping Forest District	63	81	18	63	79	16	69	89	20
Fenland District	56	75	19	59	75	16	64	86	22
Forest Heath District	61	77	16	53	72	19	69	87	18
Great Yarmouth District	59	72	13	55	73	18	55	87	32
Harlow District	54	74	20	52	73	21	62	83	21
Hertsmere District	70	85	15	66	83	17	73	93	20
Huntingdonshire District	71	84	13	71	80	9	79	90	11
Ipswich District	60	75	15	60	71	11	64	84	20
King's Lynn and West Norfolk District	60	75	15	58	76	18	66	84	18
Luton District	57	76	19	54	69	15	62	84	22
Maldon District	70	83	13	68	80	12	74	90	16
Mid Bedfordshire District	68	85	17	63	81	18	73	92	19
Mid Suffolk District	69	85	16	67	81	14	78	90	12
North Hertfordshire District	74	85	11	73	83	10	79	92	13
North Norfolk District	61	78	17	58	77	19	65	86	21
Norwich District	54	69	15	52	65	13	57	78	21
Peterborough District	55	77	22	53	77	24	60	87	27
Rochford District	72	84	12	68	80	12	75	93	18
South Bedfordshire District	65	80	15	60	74	14	67	88	21
South Cambridgeshire District	74	87	13	73	86	13	81	93	12
South Norfolk District	70	85	15	66	83	17	72	91	19
Southend-on-Sea District	59	79	20	60	77	17	63	88	25
St Albans District	78	87	9	75	84	9	82	92	10
St. Edmundsbury District	65	77	12	59	75	16	71	88	17
Stevenage District	59	79	20	56	73	17	63	87	24
Suffolk Coastal District	70	84	14	70	80	10	78	89	11
Tendring District	62	76	14	62	71	9	67	84	17
Three Rivers District	73	86	13	70	83	13	78	90	12
Thurrock District	53	75	22	48	71	23	55	87	32
Uttlesford District	72	90	18	76	88	12	81	96	15
Watford District	68	84	16	62	79	17	71	89	18
Waveney District	56	72	16	54	68	14	68	83	15
Welwyn Hatfield District	71	85	14	66	83	17	75	92	17
East of England Region	65	80	15	62	77	15	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%
East of England Region	1,407	190	1,378	155
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 of England Region	77.3	82.4	5.1
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 of England Region	73.1	75.2	2.1
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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