Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Dorset

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
Christchurch Constituency	68	85	17	64	78	14	74	91	17
Mid Dorset and North Poole Constituency	67	81	14	63	76	13	71	89	18
North Dorset Constituency	69	84	15	70	77	7	82	90	8
South Dorset Constituency	66	80	14	64	75	11	74	87	13
West Dorset Constituency	68	83	15	67	81	14	74	92	18

Christchurch District	67	84	17	64	78	14	69	90	21
East Dorset District	71	87	16	68	81	13	79	95	16
North Dorset District	68	81	13	69	74	5	79	87	8
Purbeck District	66	84	18	65	81	16	78	92	14
West Dorset District	68	83	15	67	81	14	74	92	18
Weymouth and Portland District	67	81	14	66	75	9	74	87	13

Dorset LA	68	83	15	67	79	12	76	91	15

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%
Dorset LA	74	3	84	5

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
Dorset LA	79.8	84.9	5.1

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
Dorset LA	77.3	77.2	-0.1

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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