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England > South West 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
Bath and North East Somerset District	68	84	16	66	81	15	74	89	15
Bournemouth District	67	80	13	63	73	10	69	86	17
Bristol, City of District	54	72	18	52	69	17	56	82	26
Caradon District	72	78	6	73	78	5	82	90	8
Carrick District	70	81	11	70	74	4	73	88	15
Cheltenham District	69	84	15	63	79	16	69	90	21
Christchurch District	67	84	17	64	78	14	69	90	21
Cotswold District	75	87	12	70	82	12	78	93	15
East Devon District	69	85	16	69	82	13	74	91	17
East Dorset District	71	87	16	68	81	13	79	95	16
Exeter District	57	78	21	47	75	28	60	85	25
Forest of Dean District	68	82	14	66	78	12	74	90	16
Gloucester District	62	80	18	58	75	17	63	88	25
Isles of Scilly District	71	74	3	64	83	19	93	87	-6
Kennet District	72	81	9	71	75	4	78	88	10
Kerrier District	62	78	16	60	75	15	68	86	18
Mendip District	66	83	17	64	76	12	76	89	13
Mid Devon District	63	80	17	59	75	16	68	89	21
North Cornwall District	69	79	10	65	78	13	76	86	10
North Devon District	58	80	22	64	79	15	71	89	18
North Dorset District	68	81	13	69	74	5	79	87	8
North Somerset District	69	83	14	69	80	11	77	91	14
North Wiltshire District	67	84	17	68	80	12	72	92	20
Penwith District	63	80	17	68	79	11	77	87	10
Plymouth District	59	78	19	58	76	18	63	88	25
Poole District	65	79	14	59	73	14	66	87	21
Purbeck District	66	84	18	65	81	16	78	92	14
Restormel District	66	80	14	67	77	10	71	88	17
Salisbury District	65	78	13	64	75	11	74	87	13
Sedgemoor District	65	78	13	65	74	9	70	88	18
South Gloucestershire District	66	84	18	65	79	14	73	92	19
South Hams District	70	85	15	69	83	14	74	93	19
South Somerset District	71	81	10	63	79	16	71	90	19
Stroud District	70	87	17	66	84	18	75	93	18
Swindon District	62	81	19	59	78	19	70	88	18
Taunton Deane District	67	85	18	64	82	18	68	90	22
Teignbridge District	66	82	16	67	78	11	71	89	18
Tewkesbury District	71	88	17	67	86	19	75	93	18
Torbay District	57	78	21	58	74	16	60	85	25
Torridge District	59	75	16	61	75	14	64	86	22
West Devon District	67	83	16	69	83	14	74	90	16
West Dorset District	68	83	15	67	81	14	74	92	18
West Somerset District	54	71	17	55	71	16	64	89	25
West Wiltshire District	66	80	14	64	73	9	73	87	14
Weymouth and Portland District	67	81	14	66	75	9	74	87	13
South West Region	65	81	16	63	77	14	70	89	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%
South West Region	1,403	209	1,420	142
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
South West Region	77.9	84.2	6.3
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
South West Region	73.9	75.7	1.8
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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