Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Kent

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
Ashford Constituency	63	78	15	59	72	13	62	84	22
Canterbury Constituency	62	79	17	61	76	15	67	88	21
Chatham and Aylesford Constituency	62	79	17	60	75	15	66	88	22
Dartford Constituency	64	78	14	63	77	14	64	85	21
Dover Constituency	63	73	10	61	70	9	65	81	16
Faversham and Mid Kent Constituency	61	79	18	62	72	10	63	82	19
Folkestone and Hythe Constituency	60	74	14	60	73	13	63	82	19
Gravesham Constituency	59	76	17	58	70	12	61	83	22
Maidstone and The Weald Constituency	70	79	9	66	73	7	70	83	13
North Thanet Constituency	60	72	12	57	68	11	56	82	26
Sevenoaks Constituency	69	83	14	71	82	11	70	89	19
Sittingbourne and Sheppey Constituency	58	71	13	56	64	8	64	80	16
South Thanet Constituency	61	75	14	60	69	9	57	82	25
Tonbridge and Malling Constituency	71	83	12	69	76	7	70	89	19
Tunbridge Wells Constituency	70	84	14	69	77	8	74	88	14

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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