Department for Children, Families and Schools

Education and Skills in Your Area - England

England

Literacy and numeracy at age 14

Key Stage 3 Results: Percentage of Pupils achieving Level 5 or above Metadata

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Adur District5569(r)145266(r)145259(r)7
Allerdale District5479(r)256279(r)176379(r)16
Alnwick District5179(r)286484(r)206780(r)13
Amber Valley District6180(r)196681(r)156780(r)13
Arun District6070(r)106172(r)116572(r)7
Ashfield District4467(r)235171(r)205768(r)11
Ashford District6167(r)65969(r)106570(r)5
Aylesbury Vale District7684(r)87284(r)127180(r)9
Babergh District6182(r)216882(r)147483(r)9
Barking and Dagenham District3970(r)314670(r)244968(r)19
Barnet District6981(r)126681(r)156678(r)12
Barnsley District4867(r)194970(r)215168(r)17
Barrow-in-Furness District5273(r)215573(r)185871(r)13
Basildon District4866(r)185169(r)185364(r)11
Basingstoke and Deane District5776(r)196378(r)156778(r)11
Bassetlaw District4769(r)225373(r)205670(r)14
Bath and North East Somerset District6482(r)186782(r)156882(r)14
Bedford District5670(r)146274(r)126171(r)10
Berwick-upon-Tweed District5079(r)295984(r)255685(r)29
Bexley District7178(r)76477(r)136272(r)10
Birmingham District4670(r)244670(r)244666(r)20
Blaby District5381(r)287583(r)87980(r)1
Blackburn with Darwen District5674(r)185076(r)265069(r)19
Blackpool District5365(r)125569(r)145565(r)10
Blyth Valley District6569(r)45874(r)165770(r)13
Bolsover District4870(r)225275(r)235070(r)20
Bolton District5571(r)165574(r)195869(r)11
Boston District5875(r)176780(r)137074(r)4
Bournemouth District6575(r)106976(r)76573(r)8
Bracknell Forest District5678(r)226880(r)126581(r)16
Bradford District4666(r)204468(r)244461(r)17
Braintree District5875(r)176574(r)96275(r)13
Breckland District5572(r)176276(r)146575(r)10
Brent District5072(r)225075(r)254970(r)21
Brentwood District7882(r)47884(r)67781(r)4
Bridgnorth District7182(r)117185(r)147586(r)11
Brighton and Hove District5565(r)105672(r)165867(r)9
Bristol, City of District4062(r)224764(r)174459(r)15
Broadland District6377(r)146682(r)166379(r)16
Bromley District7383(r)106880(r)126977(r)8
Bromsgrove District6678(r)126880(r)127078(r)8
Broxbourne District5475(r)216376(r)136372(r)9
Broxtowe District5274(r)226079(r)196478(r)14
Burnley District5666(r)105766(r)95862(r)4
Bury District6777(r)106680(r)146778(r)11
Calderdale District5277(r)255678(r)225776(r)19
Cambridge District6079(r)196574(r)96375(r)12
Camden District5577(r)225174(r)235469(r)15
Cannock Chase District5576(r)215574(r)196072(r)12
Canterbury District5678(r)226478(r)146374(r)11
Caradon District5877(r)196276(r)147176(r)5
Carlisle District6372(r)95873(r)155968(r)9
Carrick District6078(r)186679(r)137078(r)8
Castle Morpeth District8086(r)67589(r)148186(r)5
Castle Point District6678(r)126279(r)175673(r)17
Charnwood District6380(r)176681(r)157181(r)10
Chelmsford District7280(r)87582(r)77681(r)5
Cheltenham District6579(r)146580(r)156478(r)14
Cherwell District6174(r)136176(r)156073(r)13
Chester District6479(r)156879(r)116977(r)8
Chester-le-Street District6278(r)166283(r)216074(r)14
Chesterfield District5975(r)166477(r)136777(r)10
Chichester District5678(r)226877(r)97176(r)5
Chiltern District8080(r)07383(r)107382(r)9
Chorley District6779(r)126782(r)156880(r)12
Christchurch District6481(r)177181(r)106681(r)15
City of London District.........
Colchester District6378(r)156878(r)106973(r)4
Congleton District7285(r)137786(r)98387(r)4
Copeland District6570(r)55871(r)136268(r)6
Corby District3967(r)285671(r)155367(r)14
Cotswold District6681(r)156883(r)157282(r)10
Coventry District4970(r)215573(r)185370(r)17
Craven District6685(r)197686(r)107485(r)11
Crawley District5772(r)156172(r)116571(r)6
Crewe and Nantwich District5673(r)176475(r)116573(r)8
Croydon District5375(r)225676(r)205570(r)15
Dacorum District6381(r)186779(r)126278(r)16
Darlington District5574(r)195877(r)195674(r)18
Dartford District6673(r)77176(r)57274(r)2
Daventry District6282(r)206680(r)147081(r)11
Derby District5174(r)235575(r)205570(r)15
Derbyshire Dales District6488(r)247485(r)117688(r)12
Derwentside District5669(r)135677(r)215675(r)19
Doncaster District5167(r)165471(r)175670(r)14
Dover District6172(r)116275(r)136774(r)7
Dudley District5175(r)246074(r)146373(r)10
Durham District5772(r)156378(r)156876(r)8
Ealing District5176(r)255076(r)264971(r)22
Easington District4362(r)194472(r)284467(r)23
East Cambridgeshire District6575(r)106978(r)96778(r)11
East Devon District6580(r)157181(r)107379(r)6
East Dorset District6078(r)186580(r)157381(r)8
East Hampshire District6579(r)146981(r)127082(r)12
East Hertfordshire District7287(r)157886(r)87985(r)6
East Lindsey District6271(r)96473(r)96773(r)6
East Northamptonshire District5581(r)266981(r)126983(r)14
East Riding of Yorkshire District5975(r)166576(r)116475(r)11
East Staffordshire District5376(r)236676(r)106773(r)6
Eastbourne District5670(r)146373(r)105968(r)9
Eastleigh District6775(r)86880(r)127278(r)6
Eden District6580(r)157180(r)97379(r)6
Ellesmere Port and Neston District6774(r)76474(r)106472(r)8
Elmbridge District6388(r)256482(r)186481(r)17
Enfield District6274(r)125874(r)165569(r)14
Epping Forest District5877(r)196177(r)165773(r)16
Epsom and Ewell District7490(r)167989(r)108287(r)5
Erewash District5675(r)195978(r)196175(r)14
Exeter District5859(r)15670(r)145568(r)13
Fareham District7180(r)96780(r)136879(r)11
Fenland District5872(r)145772(r)155572(r)17
Forest Heath District5378(r)256174(r)136774(r)7
Forest of Dean District5679(r)236578(r)136777(r)10
Fylde District6983(r)147285(r)137285(r)13
Gateshead District5275(r)235578(r)235676(r)20
Gedling District5776(r)195878(r)205674(r)18
Gloucester District6582(r)176780(r)137077(r)7
Gosport District5768(r)115771(r)145768(r)11
Gravesham District5478(r)246276(r)146274(r)12
Great Yarmouth District5774(r)176377(r)146269(r)7
Greenwich District4267(r)254566(r)214462(r)18
Guildford District6378(r)157382(r)97782(r)5
Hackney District3870(r)323470(r)363366(r)33
Halton District5269(r)175572(r)175768(r)11
Hambleton District7183(r)127583(r)87883(r)5
Hammersmith and Fulham District6277(r)155578(r)235272(r)20
Harborough District8187(r)67390(r)177890(r)12
Haringey District4368(r)253966(r)273961(r)22
Harlow District4472(r)284870(r)224564(r)19
Harrogate District7986(r)77987(r)88085(r)5
Harrow District6479(r)156779(r)126475(r)11
Hart District7786(r)97985(r)68284(r)2
Hartlepool District5274(r)225277(r)255569(r)14
Hastings District5559(r)45867(r)95663(r)7
Havant District5169(r)185275(r)235568(r)13
Havering District6778(r)116781(r)146776(r)9
Herefordshire, County of District6279(r)176978(r)96878(r)10
Hertsmere District5784(r)276682(r)166678(r)12
High Peak District6579(r)146982(r)137080(r)10
Hillingdon District6076(r)166076(r)165972(r)13
Hinckley and Bosworth District6283(r)217088(r)187886(r)8
Horsham District6984(r)157587(r)127988(r)9
Hounslow District5675(r)195677(r)215474(r)20
Huntingdonshire District5978(r)197181(r)107079(r)9
Hyndburn District5768(r)115473(r)195467(r)13
Ipswich District5473(r)195875(r)175672(r)16
Isle of Wight District6378(r)156482(r)186776(r)9
Isles of Scilly District9080(r)-107273(r)17667(r)-9
Islington District3664(r)283764(r)273660(r)24
Kennet District6772(r)56874(r)66676(r)10
Kensington and Chelsea District5291(r)394984(r)355583(r)28
Kerrier District5266(r)146473(r)96974(r)5
Kettering District6976(r)76577(r)126374(r)11
King's Lynn and West Norfolk District5070(r)206274(r)126173(r)12
Kingston upon Hull, City of District4061(r)214167(r)263960(r)21
Kingston upon Thames District6685(r)197284(r)127282(r)10
Kirklees District5169(r)185673(r)175770(r)13
Knowsley District4258(r)163865(r)273959(r)20
Lambeth District4569(r)243972(r)334064(r)24
Lancaster District6774(r)76676(r)107075(r)5
Leeds District5571(r)165673(r)175769(r)12
Leicester District4666(r)205269(r)175164(r)13
Lewes District5773(r)166378(r)156474(r)10
Lewisham District4869(r)214169(r)284259(r)17
Lichfield District6880(r)126980(r)117477(r)3
Lincoln District4572(r)275771(r)146171(r)10
Liverpool District5169(r)184569(r)244766(r)19
Luton District4573(r)285172(r)214767(r)20
Macclesfield District6982(r)137382(r)97581(r)6
Maidstone District7480(r)67179(r)87378(r)5
Maldon District5172(r)216477(r)136473(r)9
Malvern Hills District6683(r)176982(r)137382(r)9
Manchester District4060(r)203863(r)253756(r)19
Mansfield District4968(r)195267(r)155065(r)15
Medway District5875(r)176375(r)126271(r)9
Melton District7687(r)117786(r)98587(r)2
Mendip District6379(r)166779(r)127178(r)7
Merton District5575(r)205673(r)175566(r)11
Mid Bedfordshire District5783(r)266881(r)137081(r)11
Mid Devon District5075(r)255982(r)236377(r)14
Mid Suffolk District6983(r)147484(r)107786(r)9
Mid Sussex District7283(r)117583(r)88083(r)3
Middlesbrough District4361(r)184667(r)214861(r)13
Milton Keynes District5074(r)245375(r)225171(r)20
Mole Valley District6679(r)136881(r)137179(r)8
New Forest District6279(r)176878(r)107179(r)8
Newark and Sherwood District5670(r)146367(r)46268(r)6
Newcastle upon Tyne District4463(r)194869(r)214663(r)17
Newcastle-under-Lyme District5874(r)165775(r)186170(r)9
Newham District3770(r)333767(r)303661(r)25
North Cornwall District6079(r)196779(r)126578(r)13
North Devon District5674(r)186478(r)146677(r)11
North Dorset District6183(r)226879(r)116981(r)12
North East Derbyshire District6177(r)166579(r)146277(r)15
North East Lincolnshire District4867(r)195369(r)165168(r)17
North Hertfordshire District7180(r)97583(r)87582(r)7
North Kesteven District6581(r)166982(r)137083(r)13
North Lincolnshire District5572(r)176176(r)156174(r)13
North Norfolk District5675(r)196675(r)96875(r)7
North Shropshire District6681(r)156981(r)127182(r)11
North Somerset District5978(r)196879(r)116777(r)10
North Tyneside District6077(r)175878(r)206176(r)15
North Warwickshire District5472(r)185672(r)166071(r)11
North West Leicestershire District5376(r)236176(r)156380(r)17
North Wiltshire District6380(r)176982(r)136981(r)12
Northampton District5771(r)145869(r)115566(r)11
Norwich District5664(r)85869(r)115863(r)5
Nottingham District3661(r)254166(r)254059(r)19
Nuneaton and Bedworth District5874(r)165773(r)165870(r)12
Oadby and Wigston District7587(r)127286(r)147285(r)13
Oldham District4969(r)205371(r)185167(r)16
Oswestry District5871(r)136373(r)106675(r)9
Oxford District4668(r)224866(r)184863(r)15
Pendle District5472(r)185971(r)125265(r)13
Penwith District6176(r)156775(r)87075(r)5
Peterborough District5167(r)165670(r)145466(r)12
Plymouth District5876(r)186075(r)156071(r)11
Poole District7075(r)57180(r)97179(r)8
Portsmouth District4765(r)185067(r)175162(r)11
Preston District5170(r)195475(r)215471(r)17
Purbeck District6673(r)76983(r)147276(r)4
Reading District6070(r)105478(r)245672(r)16
Redbridge District5979(r)206581(r)166178(r)17
Redcar and Cleveland District5673(r)175877(r)195874(r)16
Redditch District5476(r)225571(r)165568(r)13
Reigate and Banstead District6679(r)136978(r)96874(r)6
Restormel District5678(r)226578(r)136778(r)11
Ribble Valley District7588(r)137387(r)147786(r)9
Richmond upon Thames District6477(r)136379(r)166575(r)10
Richmondshire District6780(r)137682(r)67581(r)6
Rochdale District5467(r)134970(r)215065(r)15
Rochford District6884(r)166981(r)126481(r)17
Rossendale District6075(r)156379(r)166578(r)13
Rother District6873(r)56779(r)126975(r)6
Rotherham District5269(r)175572(r)175670(r)14
Rugby District6783(r)166982(r)137079(r)9
Runnymede District6680(r)146983(r)147180(r)9
Rushcliffe District6185(r)246884(r)167182(r)11
Rushmoor District5271(r)195773(r)166270(r)8
Rutland District5579(r)247285(r)137683(r)7
Ryedale District6278(r)167080(r)107281(r)9
Salford District5367(r)145071(r)214963(r)14
Salisbury District5878(r)206379(r)166878(r)10
Sandwell District4862(r)144662(r)164557(r)12
Scarborough District6370(r)76177(r)166276(r)14
Sedgefield District5268(r)164973(r)245268(r)16
Sedgemoor District5868(r)106674(r)86372(r)9
Sefton District6677(r)116479(r)156577(r)12
Selby District6779(r)127185(r)147683(r)7
Sevenoaks District4558(r)135061(r)114753(r)6
Sheffield District5167(r)165469(r)155567(r)12
Shepway District5965(r)66073(r)136369(r)6
Shrewsbury and Atcham District6681(r)157081(r)117081(r)11
Slough District5780(r)235880(r)225673(r)17
Solihull District6380(r)176778(r)116777(r)10
South Bedfordshire District5678(r)226277(r)156072(r)12
South Bucks District6884(r)168182(r)18181(r)0
South Cambridgeshire District6785(r)187684(r)87785(r)8
South Derbyshire District5582(r)276482(r)186980(r)11
South Gloucestershire District6677(r)116579(r)146377(r)14
South Hams District6679(r)137280(r)87580(r)5
South Holland District6374(r)116375(r)126674(r)8
South Kesteven District6580(r)157180(r)97279(r)7
South Lakeland District6680(r)147481(r)77681(r)5
South Norfolk District7082(r)127283(r)117083(r)13
South Northamptonshire District7086(r)167587(r)127586(r)11
South Oxfordshire District6579(r)147480(r)67581(r)6
South Ribble District6281(r)196782(r)156779(r)12
South Shropshire District6084(r)247183(r)127284(r)12
South Somerset District7276(r)46977(r)87377(r)4
South Staffordshire District7078(r)86980(r)116980(r)11
South Tyneside District5375(r)225876(r)185873(r)15
Southampton District5069(r)195271(r)195367(r)14
Southend-on-Sea District6280(r)186478(r)146275(r)13
Southwark District3866(r)283466(r)323360(r)27
Spelthorne District6179(r)186380(r)176676(r)10
St Albans District7888(r)107885(r)77983(r)4
St. Edmundsbury District6274(r)126476(r)126976(r)7
St. Helens District5669(r)135876(r)186273(r)11
Stafford District6278(r)166580(r)156779(r)12
Staffordshire Moorlands District5980(r)216985(r)166883(r)15
Stevenage District5774(r)176174(r)136474(r)10
Stockport District6277(r)156579(r)146576(r)11
Stockton-on-Tees District5572(r)175575(r)205572(r)17
Stoke-on-Trent District4665(r)195169(r)184963(r)14
Stratford-on-Avon District6987(r)187286(r)147184(r)13
Stroud District6681(r)157083(r)137282(r)10
Suffolk Coastal District6879(r)117377(r)47281(r)9
Sunderland District5269(r)175174(r)235169(r)18
Surrey Heath District6981(r)127483(r)97381(r)8
Sutton District6984(r)156982(r)137181(r)10
Swale District5765(r)86069(r)95965(r)6
Swindon District5975(r)166375(r)126273(r)11
Tameside District5973(r)145372(r)195268(r)16
Tamworth District6265(r)36172(r)116065(r)5
Tandridge District6279(r)176876(r)87075(r)5
Taunton Deane District5475(r)216474(r)106474(r)10
Teesdale District5485(r)316789(r)226288(r)26
Teignbridge District6371(r)86575(r)106676(r)10
Telford and Wrekin District6070(r)106072(r)126069(r)9
Tendring District4867(r)195967(r)85865(r)7
Test Valley District5876(r)186878(r)107075(r)5
Tewkesbury District6278(r)166679(r)136979(r)10
Thanet District4967(r)185867(r)95765(r)8
Three Rivers District7190(r)198091(r)117988(r)9
Thurrock District4072(r)325273(r)214970(r)21
Tonbridge and Malling District6775(r)86974(r)57072(r)2
Torbay District6979(r)106478(r)146476(r)12
Torridge District5382(r)296181(r)205577(r)22
Tower Hamlets District3367(r)343467(r)333259(r)27
Trafford District6881(r)136983(r)146780(r)13
Tunbridge Wells District7684(r)87884(r)67984(r)5
Tynedale District6480(r)167187(r)167283(r)11
Uttlesford District7184(r)137684(r)87380(r)7
Vale Royal District6078(r)186880(r)127178(r)7
Vale of White Horse District5382(r)296682(r)167179(r)8
Wakefield District5274(r)225774(r)175770(r)13
Walsall District5469(r)155071(r)215168(r)17
Waltham Forest District4869(r)215070(r)204866(r)18
Wandsworth District4772(r)254474(r)304569(r)24
Wansbeck District4967(r)185269(r)175868(r)10
Warrington District6480(r)166381(r)186080(r)20
Warwick District6479(r)156879(r)116778(r)11
Watford District6875(r)76978(r)96774(r)7
Waveney District6268(r)66372(r)96671(r)5
Waverley District6982(r)137182(r)117282(r)10
Wealden District6879(r)117083(r)136978(r)9
Wear Valley District4871(r)235274(r)225373(r)20
Wellingborough District6870(r)26473(r)96770(r)3
Welwyn Hatfield District6481(r)176878(r)106375(r)12
West Berkshire District6680(r)146981(r)126980(r)11
West Devon District5284(r)326683(r)177184(r)13
West Dorset District6479(r)156984(r)157484(r)10
West Lancashire District6472(r)86176(r)156575(r)10
West Lindsey District6781(r)147280(r)87379(r)6
West Oxfordshire District6582(r)176884(r)167183(r)12
West Somerset District5276(r)246077(r)176272(r)10
West Wiltshire District6775(r)86876(r)86873(r)5
Westminster District5173(r)224774(r)274865(r)17
Weymouth and Portland District5566(r)116468(r)46268(r)6
Wigan District6168(r)76177(r)166173(r)12
Winchester District7085(r)157884(r)68184(r)3
Windsor and Maidenhead District6483(r)197082(r)127182(r)11
Wirral District6577(r)125878(r)206075(r)15
Woking District6682(r)167081(r)116879(r)11
Wokingham District7083(r)137485(r)117382(r)9
Wolverhampton District4768(r)215068(r)184763(r)16
Worcester District6172(r)116074(r)146170(r)9
Worthing District6278(r)166678(r)126975(r)6
Wychavon District6878(r)106880(r)127182(r)11
Wycombe District7181(r)107183(r)127282(r)10
Wyre District6679(r)137079(r)96875(r)7
Wyre Forest District5267(r)156074(r)146370(r)7
York District6881(r)136781(r)146879(r)11
England5774(r)176076(r)166073(r)13

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National Indicator 74: Achievement at level 5 or above in both English and Maths at Key Stage 3 Metadata

20052007% points
difference
England66671

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National Indicator 77: Reduction in the number of schools where fewer than 50% of pupils achieve level 5 or above in both English and Maths at KS3 Metadata

20062007
Total number of schoolsSchools <50%Total number of schoolsSchools <50%
England3,0064333,083395

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National Indicator 95: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 Metadata

20052007% points
difference
England29.627.4-2.2

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National Indicator 96: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 Metadata

20052007% points
difference
England54.858.63.8

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National Summary

Revised figures for 2007 show that 74 per cent of 14 year olds reached the required standard in English up from 57 per cent in 1997. In Mathematics 76 per cent of 14 year olds reached the required standard up from 60 per cent in 1997. In Science 73 per cent of 14 year olds reached the required standard up from 60 per cent in 1997.

In 2007 the number of schools where fewer than 50 per cent of pupils achieve level 5 or above in both English and Maths at Key Stage 3 was 395, this compares with 433 in 2006.

In 2007 67 per cent of pupils achieved level 5 or above in both English and Mathematics at Key Stage 3, this compares with 66 per cent in 2005.

In 2007 27.4 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3, this compares with 29.6 per cent in 2005.

In 2007 58.6 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in Mathematics between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3, this compares with 54.8 per cent in 2005.


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