Education and Skills in Your Area - England

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
East Midlands Region	62	80	18	62	77	15	68	87	19
East of England Region	65	80	15	62	77	15	69	88	19
London Region	60	80	20	59	76	17	65	87	22
North East Region	60	80	20	61	78	17	69	88	19
North West Region	63	81	18	63	79	16	69	88	19
South East Region	66	81	15	63	77	14	70	88	18
South West Region	65	81	16	63	77	14	70	89	19
West Midlands Region	61	79	18	58	76	18	65	87	22
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	60	79	19	60	76	16	67	87	20

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
East of England Region	1,407	190	1,378	155
London Region	1,589	304	1,592	243
North East Region	722	135	723	97
North West Region	2,264	349	2,220	288
South East Region	1,923	314	1,927	251
South West Region	1,403	209	1,420	142
West Midlands Region	1,480	289	1,450	230
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	1,516	292	1,490	221

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
East of England Region	77.3	82.4	5.1
London Region	82.2	86.8	4.6
North East Region	76.3	81.9	5.6
North West Region	78.9	83.9	5.0
South East Region	78	84.4	6.4
South West Region	77.9	84.2	6.3
West Midlands Region	77	83.4	6.4
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	76.2	81.7	5.5

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
East of England Region	73.1	75.2	2.1
London Region	75.1	78.4	3.3
North East Region	72.3	75.6	3.3
North West Region	75	77.3	2.3
South East Region	73.1	75.2	2.1
South West Region	73.9	75.7	1.8
West Midlands Region	71.9	74.8	2.9
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	71.8	74.8	3.0

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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