Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

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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
Barnsley LA	54	75	21	56	72	16	63	85	22
Bradford LA	54	75	21	50	73	23	60	83	23
Calderdale LA	60	84	24	62	81	19	64	90	26
Doncaster LA	58	79	21	58	77	19	70	88	18
East Riding of Yorkshire LA	66	84	18	66	80	14	74	91	17
Kingston upon Hull LA	50	74	24	52	75	23	60	86	26
Kirklees LA	57	80	23	58	77	19	66	87	21
Leeds LA	63	81	18	63	77	14	72	87	15
North East Lincolnshire LA	58	77	19	55	75	20	62	87	25
North Lincolnshire LA	61	80	19	63	76	13	71	87	16
North Yorkshire LA	73	84	11	72	82	10	77	90	13
Rotherham LA	57	76	19	58	72	14	66	84	18
Sheffield LA	55	74	19	56	71	15	62	84	22
Wakefield LA	60	77	17	59	77	18	69	88	19
York LA	69	84	15	68	81	13	73	90	17

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%
Barnsley LA	77	21	79	18
Bradford LA	151	48	153	36
Calderdale LA	77	9	76	4
Doncaster LA	90	18	90	11
East Riding of Yorkshire LA	95	9	91	9
Kingston upon Hull LA	77	22	71	12
Kirklees LA	98	23	100	17
Leeds LA	214	39	210	27
North East Lincolnshire LA	43	5	39	5
North Lincolnshire LA	47	4	49	4
North Yorkshire LA	197	16	188	11
Rotherham LA	84	17	81	14
Sheffield LA	116	40	113	33
Wakefield LA	103	16	102	18
York LA	47	5	48	2

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
Barnsley LA	73.8	79.3	5.5
Bradford LA	75.8	81.8	6.0
Calderdale LA	77.8	85.9	8.1
Doncaster LA	74.4	80.6	6.2
East Riding of Yorkshire LA	77.8	83	5.2
Kingston upon Hull LA	75.7	79.3	3.6
Kirklees LA	74.4	80.3	5.9
Leeds LA	78.8	84	5.2
North East Lincolnshire LA	78.1	81.3	3.2
North Lincolnshire LA	73.6	80.4	6.8
North Yorkshire LA	78.8	83.7	4.9
Rotherham LA	76.1	79	2.9
Sheffield LA	74.4	81.4	7.0
Wakefield LA	72.4	77.8	5.4
York LA	77.6	84.7	7.1

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
Barnsley LA	67.5	71.1	3.6
Bradford LA	66	72.2	6.2
Calderdale LA	73.8	80.6	6.8
Doncaster LA	70.6	73.4	2.8
East Riding of Yorkshire LA	74.7	76.5	1.8
Kingston upon Hull LA	71.8	74.4	2.6
Kirklees LA	69.3	74.4	5.1
Leeds LA	74.6	76.5	1.9
North East Lincolnshire LA	75.1	73.7	-1.4
North Lincolnshire LA	71.1	71.7	0.6
North Yorkshire LA	76.3	79.4	3.1
Rotherham LA	70.4	70.2	-0.2
Sheffield LA	68.4	71.1	2.7
Wakefield LA	74.4	76.4	2.0
York LA	74.6	78.4	3.8

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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