Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Knowsley

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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
Cantril Farm Ward	17	22	5	17	35	18	17	57	40
Cherryfield Ward	39	68	29	39	58	19	39	76	37
Halewood East Ward	63	92	29	63	83	20	63	96	33
Halewood South Ward	41	69	28	41	64	23	41	84	43
Halewood West Ward	51	81	30	51	77	26	51	80	29
Kirkby Central Ward	53	81	28	53	84	31	53	95	42
Knowsley Park Ward	53	73	20	53	67	14	53	81	28
Longview Ward	55	79	24	55	77	22	55	92	37
Northwood Ward	36	66	30	36	63	27	36	91	55
Page Moss Ward	44	80	36	44	69	25	44	85	41
Park Ward	64	76	12	64	70	6	64	79	15
Prescot East Ward	65	80	15	65	81	16	65	97	32
Prescot West Ward	79	96	17	79	89	10	79	93	14
Princess Ward	40	74	34	40	79	39	40	81	41
Roby Ward	82	92	10	82	81	-1	82	97	15
St. Gabriels Ward	64	76	12	64	80	16	64	89	25
St. Michaels Ward	51	65	14	51	73	22	51	79	28
Swanside Ward	58	79	21	58	74	16	58	88	30
Tower Hill Ward	40	65	25	40	77	37	40	82	42
Whiston North Ward	59	83	24	59	88	29	59	95	36
Whiston South Ward	70	87	17	70	85	15	70	96	26
Whitefield Ward	41	67	26	41	61	20	41	81	40

Knowsley LA	54	77	23	57	75	18	62	87	25

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%
Knowsley LA	55	10	53	5

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
Knowsley LA	77.9	81.4	3.5

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
Knowsley LA	70.5	75.1	4.6

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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