Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: East Midlands

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
Amber Valley Constituency	64	81	17	61	77	16	68	87	19
Ashfield Constituency	48	70	22	47	72	25	49	85	36
Bassetlaw Constituency	57	77	20	61	75	14	65	86	21
Blaby Constituency	66	88	22	71	83	12	76	92	16
Bolsover Constituency	55	77	22	58	77	19	63	85	22
Boston and Skegness Constituency	63	76	13	63	75	12	64	84	20
Bosworth Constituency	69	82	13	65	81	16	76	91	15
Broxtowe Constituency	67	85	18	67	82	15	73	91	18
Charnwood Constituency	69	86	17	67	82	15	74	91	17
Chesterfield Constituency	64	80	16	66	79	13	72	89	17
Corby Constituency	66	80	14	66	81	15	74	90	16
Daventry Constituency	76	85	9	74	82	8	81	92	11
Derby North Constituency	67	76	9	63	75	12	71	86	15
Derby South Constituency	59	74	15	55	68	13	61	80	19
Erewash Constituency	62	82	20	58	79	21	66	89	23
Gainsborough Constituency	69	83	14	69	79	10	72	89	17
Gedling Constituency	62	84	22	65	82	17	72	91	19
Grantham and Stamford Constituency	68	82	14	68	80	12	72	89	17
Harborough Constituency	68	82	14	63	74	11	70	83	13
High Peak Constituency	71	86	15	70	83	13	74	91	17
Kettering Constituency	71	82	11	69	79	10	74	90	16
Leicester East Constituency	54	74	20	57	70	13	62	83	21
Leicester South Constituency	58	76	18	58	75	17	65	84	19
Leicester West Constituency	45	64	19	46	65	19	50	77	27
Lincoln Constituency	53	74	21	54	73	19	60	82	22
Loughborough Constituency	62	80	18	62	77	15	70	88	18
Louth and Horncastle Constituency	66	79	13	63	77	14	69	86	17
Mansfield Constituency	56	73	17	55	72	17	65	83	18
Newark Constituency	61	81	20	61	77	16	63	87	24
North East Derbyshire Constituency	65	82	17	69	79	10	72	88	16
North West Leicestershire Constituency	61	79	18	63	75	12	73	87	14
Northampton North Constituency	53	70	17	50	66	16	60	76	16
Northampton South Constituency	65	81	16	65	77	12	72	89	17
Nottingham East Constituency	42	73	31	41	73	32	48	83	35
Nottingham North Constituency	32	69	37	31	69	38	37	81	44
Nottingham South Constituency	50	78	28	54	77	23	62	87	25
Rushcliffe Constituency	77	88	11	77	89	12	81	95	14
Rutland and Melton Constituency	66	87	21	71	82	11	79	91	12
Sherwood Constituency	55	79	24	59	79	20	64	90	26
Sleaford and North Hykeham Constituency	70	87	17	70	83	13	75	92	17
South Derbyshire Constituency	59	83	24	60	81	21	67	90	23
South Holland and The Deepings Constituency	67	81	14	66	76	10	71	86	15
Wellingborough Constituency	65	80	15	63	77	14	71	88	17
West Derbyshire Constituency	75	86	11	77	85	8	82	93	11

East Midlands Region	62	80	18	62	77	15	68	87	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%
East Midlands Region	1,261	201	1,239	170

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
East Midlands Region	75.9	81.5	5.6

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
East Midlands Region	72	74.7	2.7

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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