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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
Blackpool North and Fleetwood Constituency	68	76	8	69	75	6	74	85	11
Burnley Constituency	59	72	13	59	70	11	56	83	27
Chorley Constituency	71	86	15	73	84	11	78	91	13
Fylde Constituency	74	86	12	73	84	11	77	92	15
Hyndburn Constituency	59	79	20	59	75	16	60	85	25
Lancaster and Wyre Constituency	74	89	15	77	86	9	78	93	15
Morecambe and Lunesdale Constituency	63	79	16	64	78	14	70	87	17
Pendle Constituency	61	75	14	60	72	12	65	82	17
Preston Constituency	53	74	21	52	73	21	59	84	25
Ribble Valley Constituency	76	89	13	75	87	12	80	94	14
Rossendale and Darwen Constituency	64	82	18	65	82	17	69	90	21
South Ribble Constituency	72	83	11	72	83	11	76	91	15
West Lancashire Constituency	66	81	15	70	81	11	73	91	18

Lancashire LA	65	81	16	66	79	13	69	88	19

North West Region	63	81	18	63	79	16	69	88	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%
Lancashire LA	427	52	417	55

North West Region	2,264	349	2,220	288

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
Lancashire LA	79.2	83.3	4.1

North West Region	78.9	83.9	5.0

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
Lancashire LA	75.6	76.2	0.6

North West Region	75	77.3	2.3

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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