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
Adur District	52	79	27	47	76	29	54	87	33
Allerdale District	66	80	14	67	79	12	76	89	13
Alnwick District	70	85	15	60	78	18	73	91	18
Amber Valley District	66	82	16	62	79	17	69	89	20
Arun District	62	82	20	58	78	20	71	91	20
Ashfield District	48	73	25	52	74	22	54	87	33
Ashford District	63	78	15	59	72	13	62	84	22
Aylesbury Vale District	71	84	13	67	81	14	72	91	19
Babergh District	69	83	14	68	79	11	75	89	14
Barking and Dagenham District	52	77	25	53	76	23	59	86	27
Barnet District	70	85	15	68	82	14	70	90	20
Barnsley District	54	75	21	56	72	16	63	85	22
Barrow-in-Furness District	62	83	21	62	83	21	68	92	24
Basildon District	56	75	19	56	72	16	57	84	27
Basingstoke and Deane District	66	84	18	67	78	11	76	89	13
Bassetlaw District	59	77	18	64	75	11	67	85	18
Bath and North East Somerset District	68	84	16	66	81	15	74	89	15
Bedford District	62	77	15	57	74	17	69	86	17
Berwick-upon-Tweed District	54	82	28	57	81	24	62	91	29
Bexley District	67	84	17	64	79	15	63	88	25
Birmingham District	57	76	19	55	73	18	61	84	23
Blaby District	66	86	20	69	82	13	75	91	16
Blackburn with Darwen District	59	77	18	58	75	17	63	85	22
Blackpool District	61	78	17	60	76	16	64	87	23
Blyth Valley District	59	75	16	57	69	12	68	86	18
Bolsover District	55	75	20	58	76	18	61	84	23
Bolton District	63	81	18	63	77	14	67	88	21
Boston District	64	79	15	66	77	11	67	85	18
Bournemouth District	67	80	13	63	73	10	69	86	17
Bracknell Forest District	70	83	13	67	77	10	76	91	15
Bradford District	54	75	21	50	73	23	60	83	23
Braintree District	65	81	16	62	78	16	71	88	17
Breckland District	59	77	18	57	72	15	65	84	19
Brent District	61	80	19	60	76	16	65	84	19
Brentwood District	78	89	11	74	87	13	81	94	13
Bridgnorth District	74	87	13	71	83	12	75	91	16
Brighton and Hove District	54	81	27	54	76	22	59	88	29
Bristol, City of District	54	72	18	52	69	17	56	82	26
Broadland District	71	84	13	69	81	12	77	93	16
Bromley District	74	84	10	72	78	6	78	89	11
Bromsgrove District	70	85	15	63	79	16	75	91	16
Broxbourne District	70	83	13	64	80	16	73	89	16
Broxtowe District	64	83	19	63	81	18	68	90	22
Burnley District	59	72	13	59	70	11	56	83	27
Bury District	72	83	11	74	81	7	77	89	12
Calderdale District	60	84	24	62	81	19	64	90	26
Cambridge District	57	81	24	54	76	22	61	84	23
Camden District	60	78	18	65	76	11	70	88	18
Cannock Chase District	61	75	14	63	76	13	71	88	17
Canterbury District	63	78	15	63	75	12	67	88	21
Caradon District	72	78	6	73	78	5	82	90	8
Carlisle District	65	82	17	64	77	13	69	89	20
Carrick District	70	81	11	70	74	4	73	88	15
Castle Morpeth District	73	87	14	71	80	9	79	92	13
Castle Point District	67	79	12	59	77	18	67	87	20
Charnwood District	65	83	18	64	80	16	72	89	17
Chelmsford District	69	83	14	68	79	11	73	90	17
Cheltenham District	69	84	15	63	79	16	69	90	21
Cherwell District	63	82	19	63	77	14	73	89	16
Chester District	68	83	15	69	79	10	73	88	15
Chester-le-Street District	68	90	22	70	88	18	76	95	19
Chesterfield District	64	78	14	65	78	13	72	88	16
Chichester District	64	79	15	61	75	14	74	89	15
Chiltern District	81	92	11	77	87	10	82	95	13
Chorley District	71	86	15	73	84	11	78	91	13
Christchurch District	67	84	17	64	78	14	69	90	21
City of London District	80	96	16	80	96	16	77	96	19
Colchester District	61	81	20	63	77	14	67	89	22
Congleton District	73	90	17	73	86	13	79	93	14
Copeland District	59	82	23	60	80	20	66	91	25
Corby District	63	78	15	67	78	11	73	88	15
Cotswold District	75	87	12	70	82	12	78	93	15
Coventry District	60	78	18	57	74	17	65	86	21
Craven District	74	87	13	72	85	13	79	90	11
Crawley District	57	79	22	53	71	18	65	84	19
Crewe and Nantwich District	65	82	17	67	80	13	70	88	18
Croydon District	63	81	18	61	75	14	67	86	19
Dacorum District	71	82	11	68	80	12	78	89	11
Darlington District	67	79	12	66	80	14	73	90	17
Dartford District	63	78	15	62	76	14	62	84	22
Daventry District	75	85	10	75	81	6	80	92	12
Derby District	61	75	14	58	72	14	65	83	18
Derbyshire Dales District	75	86	11	79	85	6	83	92	9
Derwentside District	62	76	14	67	73	6	72	85	13
Doncaster District	58	79	21	58	77	19	70	88	18
Dover District	64	74	10	62	71	9	65	82	17
Dudley District	61	79	18	58	74	16	66	87	21
Durham District	67	86	19	68	82	14	74	90	16
Ealing District	61	80	19	60	78	18	64	85	21
Easington District	56	75	19	60	75	15	66	86	20
East Cambridgeshire District	63	82	19	64	77	13	71	88	17
East Devon District	69	85	16	69	82	13	74	91	17
East Dorset District	71	87	16	68	81	13	79	95	16
East Hampshire District	70	86	16	70	79	9	78	92	14
East Hertfordshire District	76	89	13	72	84	12	81	94	13
East Lindsey District	64	77	13	61	76	15	67	86	19
East Northamptonshire District	70	83	13	65	81	16	75	91	16
East Riding of Yorkshire District	66	84	18	66	80	14	74	90	16
East Staffordshire District	66	81	15	61	77	16	67	90	23
Eastbourne District	57	71	14	55	70	15	63	82	19
Eastleigh District	68	83	15	64	80	16	74	92	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
Elmbridge District	75	88	13	72	81	9	76	92	16
Enfield District	59	78	19	58	75	17	64	85	21
Epping Forest District	63	81	18	63	79	16	69	89	20
Epsom and Ewell District	74	88	14	69	80	11	76	90	14
Erewash District	63	83	20	59	79	20	67	89	22
Exeter District	57	78	21	47	75	28	60	85	25
Fareham District	74	84	10	74	81	7	82	92	10
Fenland District	56	75	19	59	75	16	64	86	22
Forest Heath District	61	77	16	53	72	19	69	87	18
Forest of Dean District	68	82	14	66	78	12	74	90	16
Fylde District	78	88	10	77	84	7	81	93	12
Gateshead District	61	80	19	60	78	18	68	88	20
Gedling District	63	85	22	65	83	18	71	91	20
Gloucester District	62	80	18	58	75	17	63	88	25
Gosport District	59	74	15	57	70	13	62	86	24
Gravesham District	59	76	17	58	70	12	61	83	22
Great Yarmouth District	59	72	13	55	73	18	55	87	32
Greenwich District	50	73	23	51	72	21	58	84	26
Guildford District	72	84	12	68	79	11	78	90	12
Hackney District	48	73	25	49	66	17	52	77	25
Halton District	61	82	21	58	77	19	63	88	25
Hambleton District	72	84	12	73	81	8	76	89	13
Hammersmith and Fulham District	57	81	24	60	78	18	67	86	19
Harborough District	70	88	18	73	83	10	79	91	12
Haringey District	55	76	21	53	74	21	60	84	24
Harlow District	54	74	20	52	73	21	62	83	21
Harrogate District	76	87	11	73	83	10	80	92	12
Harrow District	70	82	12	68	79	11	71	88	17
Hart District	80	90	10	77	87	10	85	95	10
Hartlepool District	60	82	22	63	81	18	69	91	22
Hastings District	48	75	27	49	67	18	59	83	24
Havant District	58	74	16	57	70	13	70	84	14
Havering District	71	84	13	67	81	14	73	91	18
Herefordshire, County of District	70	81	11	69	77	8	75	88	13
Hertsmere District	70	85	15	66	83	17	73	93	20
High Peak District	70	86	16	69	82	13	73	91	18
Hillingdon District	66	82	16	66	77	11	71	88	17
Hinckley and Bosworth District	69	83	14	66	81	15	76	91	15
Horsham District	77	89	12	74	85	11	85	93	8
Hounslow District	61	79	18	57	77	20	67	88	21
Huntingdonshire District	71	84	13	71	80	9	79	90	11
Hyndburn District	59	78	19	58	74	16	60	84	24
Ipswich District	60	75	15	60	71	11	64	84	20
Isle of Wight District	60	79	19	58	72	14	72	87	15
Isles of Scilly District	71	74	3	64	83	19	93	87	-6
Islington District	56	77	21	57	74	17	65	85	20
Kennet District	72	81	9	71	75	4	78	88	10
Kensington and Chelsea District	67	88	21	66	84	18	76	94	18
Kerrier District	62	78	16	60	75	15	68	86	18
Kettering District	67	80	13	64	77	13	70	88	18
King's Lynn and West Norfolk District	60	75	15	58	76	18	66	84	18
Kingston upon Hull, City of District	50	74	24	52	75	23	60	87	27
Kingston upon Thames District	71	85	14	68	82	14	71	91	20
Kirklees District	57	80	23	58	77	19	66	87	21
Knowsley District	54	78	24	56	75	19	62	87	25
Lambeth District	52	77	25	52	71	19	57	85	28
Lancaster District	65	81	16	66	80	14	70	88	18
Leeds District	63	81	18	63	77	14	72	87	15
Leicester District	53	72	19	54	70	16	59	81	22
Lewes District	67	81	14	67	78	11	72	90	18
Lewisham District	55	76	21	54	74	20	61	86	25
Lichfield District	70	82	12	68	81	13	77	90	13
Lincoln District	53	73	20	54	72	18	59	82	23
Liverpool District	56	77	21	55	74	19	61	84	23
Luton District	57	76	19	54	69	15	62	84	22
Macclesfield District	76	87	11	74	85	11	79	92	13
Maidstone District	68	80	12	66	74	8	69	83	14
Maldon District	70	83	13	68	80	12	74	90	16
Malvern Hills District	72	87	15	70	80	10	79	92	13
Manchester District	54	74	20	54	74	20	59	84	25
Mansfield District	55	74	19	53	72	19	63	84	21
Medway District	60	77	17	58	72	14	62	86	24
Melton District	60	88	28	65	82	17	75	91	16
Mendip District	66	83	17	64	76	12	76	89	13
Merton District	58	79	21	55	77	22	62	89	27
Mid Bedfordshire District	68	85	17	63	81	18	73	92	19
Mid Devon District	63	80	17	59	75	16	68	89	21
Mid Suffolk District	69	85	16	67	81	14	78	90	12
Mid Sussex District	72	86	14	72	81	9	80	92	12
Middlesbrough District	55	79	24	57	77	20	66	86	20
Milton Keynes District	58	77	19	54	74	20	65	88	23
Mole Valley District	76	88	12	70	81	11	79	90	11
New Forest District	70	83	13	70	81	11	83	92	9
Newark and Sherwood District	58	78	20	57	76	19	62	88	26
Newcastle upon Tyne District	51	75	24	51	74	23	60	85	25
Newcastle-under-Lyme District	65	84	19	63	81	18	71	90	19
Newham District	48	75	27	47	73	26	53	84	31
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 East Derbyshire District	64	84	20	69	81	12	74	89	15
North East Lincolnshire District	57	77	20	55	75	20	62	87	25
North Hertfordshire District	74	85	11	73	83	10	79	92	13
North Kesteven District	69	87	18	70	84	14	75	92	17
North Lincolnshire District	62	80	18	63	76	13	71	87	16
North Norfolk District	61	78	17	58	77	19	65	86	21
North Shropshire District	64	80	16	62	75	13	71	89	18
North Somerset District	69	83	14	69	80	11	77	91	14
North Tyneside District	62	84	22	62	78	16	70	89	19
North Warwickshire District	57	81	24	57	75	18	65	88	23
North West Leicestershire District	61	79	18	63	75	12	73	87	14
North Wiltshire District	67	84	17	68	80	12	72	92	20
Northampton District	57	73	16	54	69	15	64	81	17
Norwich District	54	69	15	52	65	13	57	78	21
Nottingham District	41	72	31	41	72	31	47	83	36
Nuneaton and Bedworth District	59	80	21	54	75	21	61	88	27
Oadby and Wigston District	66	80	14	58	70	12	66	80	14
Oldham District	57	80	23	57	79	22	63	87	24
Oswestry District	67	81	14	60	76	16	72	88	16
Oxford District	53	73	20	50	69	19	57	79	22
Pendle District	61	75	14	60	72	12	65	82	17
Penwith District	63	80	17	68	79	11	77	87	10
Peterborough District	55	77	22	53	77	24	60	87	27
Plymouth District	59	78	19	58	76	18	63	88	25
Poole District	65	79	14	59	73	14	66	87	21
Portsmouth District	55	79	24	51	75	24	58	86	28
Preston District	60	80	20	57	79	22	64	88	24
Purbeck District	66	84	18	65	81	16	78	92	14
Reading District	57	77	20	54	74	20	60	87	27
Redbridge District	64	84	20	59	81	22	65	89	24
Redcar and Cleveland District	61	82	21	62	81	19	73	88	15
Redditch District	59	75	16	51	70	19	61	87	26
Reigate and Banstead District	72	86	14	66	81	15	71	92	21
Restormel District	66	80	14	67	77	10	71	88	17
Ribble Valley District	74	86	12	77	84	7	78	92	14
Richmond upon Thames District	76	88	12	75	84	9	80	93	13
Richmondshire District	70	83	13	71	85	14	74	91	17
Rochdale District	58	79	21	59	77	18	69	86	17
Rochford District	72	84	12	68	80	12	75	93	18
Rossendale District	62	83	21	61	82	21	65	90	25
Rother District	68	81	13	64	77	13	67	89	22
Rotherham District	56	76	20	58	72	14	66	84	18
Rugby District	66	83	17	60	80	20	62	90	28
Runnymede District	72	81	9	69	77	8	76	89	13
Rushcliffe District	77	88	11	77	89	12	81	95	14
Rushmoor District	66	81	15	62	77	15	75	89	14
Rutland District	75	87	12	79	83	4	83	91	8
Ryedale District	71	82	11	69	79	10	75	87	12
Salford District	59	80	21	63	78	15	70	88	18
Salisbury District	65	78	13	64	75	11	74	87	13
Sandwell District	51	76	25	46	73	27	51	85	34
Scarborough District	70	81	11	68	76	8	75	88	13
Sedgefield District	61	78	17	64	79	15	72	89	17
Sedgemoor District	65	78	13	65	74	9	70	88	18
Sefton District	71	85	14	70	82	12	78	92	14
Selby District	69	84	15	72	85	13	77	92	15
Sevenoaks District	69	83	14	70	81	11	71	88	17
Sheffield District	55	74	19	56	71	15	62	84	22
Shepway District	60	74	14	60	73	13	63	82	19
Shrewsbury and Atcham District	63	81	18	65	80	15	69	88	19
Slough District	58	77	19	51	72	21	58	83	25
Solihull District	70	85	15	68	81	13	73	92	19
South Bedfordshire District	65	80	15	60	74	14	67	88	21
South Bucks District	72	86	14	70	82	12	74	91	17
South Cambridgeshire District	74	87	13	73	86	13	81	93	12
South Derbyshire District	64	85	21	64	82	18	70	91	21
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 Holland District	64	79	15	64	74	10	68	84	16
South Kesteven District	70	84	14	70	81	11	74	90	16
South Lakeland District	73	86	13	72	85	13	79	93	14
South Norfolk District	70	85	15	66	83	17	72	91	19
South Northamptonshire District	78	88	10	76	85	9	84	94	10
South Oxfordshire District	69	84	15	71	79	8	81	90	9
South Ribble District	69	81	12	71	82	11	75	90	15
South Shropshire District	69	84	15	70	81	11	71	90	19
South Somerset District	71	81	10	63	79	16	71	90	19
South Staffordshire District	71	83	12	70	80	10	78	92	14
South Tyneside District	61	81	20	63	78	15	67	88	21
Southampton District	51	78	27	53	76	23	61	88	27
Southend-on-Sea District	59	79	20	60	77	17	63	88	25
Southwark District	51	77	26	51	72	21	59	83	24
Spelthorne District	71	84	13	68	78	10	77	90	13
St Albans District	78	87	9	75	84	9	82	92	10
St. Edmundsbury District	65	77	12	59	75	16	71	88	17
St. Helens District	65	81	16	62	79	17	72	90	18
Stafford District	72	86	14	70	83	13	75	93	18
Staffordshire Moorlands District	68	81	13	70	76	6	76	88	12
Stevenage District	59	79	20	56	73	17	63	87	24
Stockport District	69	84	15	70	81	11	74	91	17
Stockton-on-Tees District	60	81	21	62	81	19	70	90	20
Stoke-on-Trent District	57	75	18	54	74	20	63	84	21
Stratford-on-Avon District	72	87	15	71	82	11	77	92	15
Stroud District	70	87	17	66	84	18	75	93	18
Suffolk Coastal District	70	84	14	70	80	10	78	89	11
Sunderland District	60	79	19	63	77	14	70	88	18
Surrey Heath District	75	85	10	74	82	8	84	91	7
Sutton District	70	85	15	66	82	16	73	91	18
Swale District	57	72	15	55	65	10	62	80	18
Swindon District	62	81	19	59	78	19	70	88	18
Tameside District	58	81	23	55	77	22	64	89	25
Tamworth District	57	76	19	55	72	17	60	84	24
Tandridge District	75	86	11	71	80	9	79	91	12
Taunton Deane District	67	85	18	64	82	18	68	90	22
Teesdale District	70	84	14	70	86	16	77	92	15
Teignbridge District	66	82	16	67	78	11	71	89	18
Telford and Wrekin District	55	78	23	54	74	20	62	86	24
Tendring District	62	76	14	62	71	9	67	84	17
Test Valley District	68	83	15	67	80	13	80	90	10
Tewkesbury District	71	88	17	67	86	19	75	93	18
Thanet District	57	72	15	55	66	11	53	80	27
Three Rivers District	73	86	13	70	83	13	78	90	12
Thurrock District	53	75	22	48	71	23	55	87	32
Tonbridge and Malling District	72	83	11	70	77	7	71	89	18
Torbay District	57	78	21	58	74	16	60	85	25
Torridge District	59	75	16	61	75	14	64	86	22
Tower Hamlets District	46	81	35	50	78	28	55	87	32
Trafford District	68	86	18	64	84	20	69	91	22
Tunbridge Wells District	70	82	12	69	76	7	74	87	13
Tynedale District	71	83	12	65	79	14	81	94	13
Uttlesford District	72	90	18	76	88	12	81	96	15
Vale Royal District	70	81	11	71	79	8	77	87	10
Vale of White Horse District	70	85	15	68	80	12	79	92	13
Wakefield District	59	77	18	59	77	18	69	88	19
Walsall District	56	78	22	52	75	23	59	87	28
Waltham Forest District	57	76	19	54	75	21	60	85	25
Wandsworth District	61	80	19	59	77	18	63	87	24
Wansbeck District	54	71	17	48	64	16	61	82	21
Warrington District	65	84	19	64	82	18	69	92	23
Warwick District	66	86	20	60	82	22	69	91	22
Watford District	68	84	16	62	79	17	71	89	18
Waveney District	56	72	16	54	68	14	68	83	15
Waverley District	73	88	15	69	85	16	80	94	14
Wealden District	70	87	17	68	84	16	73	94	21
Wear Valley District	61	82	21	64	77	13	67	89	22
Wellingborough District	63	80	17	62	77	15	70	88	18
Welwyn Hatfield District	71	85	14	66	83	17	75	92	17
West Berkshire District	69	82	13	66	80	14	72	91	19
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 Lancashire District	67	82	15	70	81	11	73	91	18
West Lindsey District	70	83	13	69	78	9	72	89	17
West Oxfordshire District	71	85	14	66	77	11	78	90	12
West Somerset District	54	71	17	55	71	16	64	89	25
West Wiltshire District	66	80	14	64	73	9	73	87	14
Westminster District	63	83	20	63	77	14	69	88	19
Weymouth and Portland District	67	81	14	66	75	9	74	87	13
Wigan District	64	81	17	64	80	16	73	89	16
Winchester District	71	84	13	70	81	11	80	91	11
Windsor and Maidenhead District	71	83	12	69	81	12	73	91	18
Wirral District	65	82	17	63	77	14	69	89	20
Woking District	76	84	8	74	79	5	82	91	9
Wokingham District	77	87	10	75	83	8	82	91	9
Wolverhampton District	59	77	18	51	72	21	59	85	26
Worcester District	60	76	16	55	74	19	59	87	28
Worthing District	65	79	14	60	72	12	69	87	18
Wychavon District	67	81	14	62	74	12	76	87	11
Wycombe District	72	85	13	67	80	13	72	88	16
Wyre District	71	83	12	73	82	9	77	90	13
Wyre Forest District	57	76	19	53	73	20	60	88	28
York District	69	84	15	68	81	13	73	90	17

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%
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
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
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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