Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: North West

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
Allerdale District	66	80	14	67	79	12	76	89	13
Barrow-in-Furness District	62	83	21	62	83	21	68	92	24
Blackburn with Darwen District	59	77	18	58	75	17	63	85	22
Blackpool District	61	78	17	60	76	16	64	87	23
Bolton District	63	81	18	63	77	14	67	88	21
Burnley District	59	72	13	59	70	11	56	83	27
Bury District	72	83	11	74	81	7	77	89	12
Carlisle District	65	82	17	64	77	13	69	89	20
Chester District	68	83	15	69	79	10	73	88	15
Chorley District	71	86	15	73	84	11	78	91	13
Congleton District	73	90	17	73	86	13	79	93	14
Copeland District	59	82	23	60	80	20	66	91	25
Crewe and Nantwich District	65	82	17	67	80	13	70	88	18
Eden District	71	84	13	72	80	8	77	90	13
Ellesmere Port and Neston District	63	79	16	63	77	14	71	89	18
Fylde District	78	88	10	77	84	7	81	93	12
Halton District	61	82	21	58	77	19	63	88	25
Hyndburn District	59	78	19	58	74	16	60	84	24
Knowsley District	54	78	24	56	75	19	62	87	25
Lancaster District	65	81	16	66	80	14	70	88	18
Liverpool District	56	77	21	55	74	19	61	84	23
Macclesfield District	76	87	11	74	85	11	79	92	13
Manchester District	54	74	20	54	74	20	59	84	25
Oldham District	57	80	23	57	79	22	63	87	24
Pendle District	61	75	14	60	72	12	65	82	17
Preston District	60	80	20	57	79	22	64	88	24
Ribble Valley District	74	86	12	77	84	7	78	92	14
Rochdale District	58	79	21	59	77	18	69	86	17
Rossendale District	62	83	21	61	82	21	65	90	25
Salford District	59	80	21	63	78	15	70	88	18
Sefton District	71	85	14	70	82	12	78	92	14
South Lakeland District	73	86	13	72	85	13	79	93	14
South Ribble District	69	81	12	71	82	11	75	90	15
St. Helens District	65	81	16	62	79	17	72	90	18
Stockport District	69	84	15	70	81	11	74	91	17
Tameside District	58	81	23	55	77	22	64	89	25
Trafford District	68	86	18	64	84	20	69	91	22
Vale Royal District	70	81	11	71	79	8	77	87	10
Warrington District	65	84	19	64	82	18	69	92	23
West Lancashire District	67	82	15	70	81	11	73	91	18
Wigan District	64	81	17	64	80	16	73	89	16
Wirral District	65	82	17	63	77	14	69	89	20
Wyre District	71	83	12	73	82	9	77	90	13

North West Region	63	81	18	63	79	16	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%
North West Region	2,264	349	2,220	288

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
North West Region	78.9	83.9	5.0

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
North West Region	75	77.3	2.3

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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