Education and Skills in Your Area - Parliamentary Constituency: Aldridge-Brownhills

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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
Aldridge Central and South Ward	75	94	19	75	91	16	75	99	24
Aldridge North and Walsall Wood Ward	57	81	24	57	77	20	57	85	28
Brownhills Ward	54	77	23	54	81	27	54	88	34
Hatherton Rushall Ward	58	71	13	58	69	11	58	78	20
Pelsall Ward	71	85	14	71	83	12	71	93	22
Streetly Ward	83	92	9	83	90	7	83	96	13

Aldridge-Brownhills Constituency	68	85	17	67	83	16	70	91	21

Walsall LA	56	78	22	52	75	23	59	87	28

West Midlands Region	61	79	18	58	76	18	65	87	22

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%
Walsall LA	79	21	77	15

West Midlands Region	1,480	289	1,450	230

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
Walsall LA	79.1	83.6	4.5

West Midlands Region	77	83.4	6.4

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
Walsall LA	69.4	76.5	7.1

West Midlands Region	71.9	74.8	2.9

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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