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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
Aylesford Green Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Beaver Ward	51	55	4	51	51	0	51	58	7
Biddenden Ward	75	88	13	75	94	19	75	88	13
Bockhanger Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Bybrook Ward	70	32	-38	70	43	-27	70	46	-24
Charing Ward	76	62	-14	76	48	-28	76	62	-14
Downs North Ward	69	45	-24	69	82	13	69	91	22
Downs West Ward	48	86	38	48	82	34	48	95	47
Godinton Ward	73	89	16	73	71	-2	73	92	19
Great Chart with Singleton North Ward	-	0	N/A	-	0	N/A	-	0	N/A
Highfield Ward	55	83	28	55	74	19	55	84	29
Isle of Oxney Ward	62	72	10	62	80	18	62	92	30
Kennington Ward	74	82	8	74	76	2	74	94	20
Little Burton Farm Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Norman Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
North Willesborough Ward	0	-	N/A	0	-	N/A	0	-	N/A
Park Farm North Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Park Farm South Ward	-	82	N/A	-	83	N/A	-	93	N/A
Rolvenden and Tenterden West Ward	100	78	-22	100	61	-39	100	70	-30
Saxon Shore Ward	71	89	18	71	84	13	71	91	20
Singleton South Ward	73	83	10	73	75	2	73	97	24
South Willesborough Ward	63	84	21	63	66	3	63	88	25
St Michaels Ward	61	93	32	61	86	25	61	93	32
Stanhope Ward	29	57	28	29	53	24	29	81	52
Stour Ward	84	94	10	84	87	3	84	90	6
Tenterden North Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Tenterden South Ward	76	85	9	76	77	1	76	89	13
Victoria Ward	67	83	16	67	83	16	67	100	33
Washford Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Weald Central Ward	69	83	14	69	66	-3	69	81	12
Weald East Ward	75	88	13	75	87	12	75	94	19
Weald North Ward	67	88	21	67	79	12	67	95	28
Weald South Ward	61	86	25	61	73	12	61	86	25
Wye Ward	61	89	28	61	93	32	61	96	35

Ashford Constituency	63	78	15	59	72	13	62	84	22

Kent LA	64	77	13	62	73	11	65	84	19

South East Region	66	81	15	63	77	14	70	88	18

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%
Kent LA	388	91	372	77

South East Region	1,923	314	1,927	251

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
Kent LA	77.9	83.8	5.9

South East Region	78	84.4	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
Kent LA	72	73.3	1.3

South East Region	73.1	75.2	2.1

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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