Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: St Helens

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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
Billinge and Seneley Green Ward	81	90	9	81	83	2	81	94	13
Blackbrook Ward	64	84	20	64	76	12	64	92	28
Broad Oak Ward	40	67	27	40	71	31	40	84	44
Eccleston Ward	75	89	14	75	93	18	75	96	21
Grange Park Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Haydock Ward	72	81	9	72	79	7	72	89	17
Marshalls Cross Ward	52	85	33	52	86	34	52	93	41
Moss Bank Ward	73	80	7	73	68	-5	73	90	17
Newton East Ward	60	79	19	60	79	19	60	89	29
Newton West Ward	62	79	17	62	75	13	62	87	25
Parr and Hardshaw Ward	54	65	11	54	66	12	54	74	20
Queen's Park Ward	53	77	24	53	79	26	53	89	36
Rainford Ward	72	87	15	72	80	8	72	93	21
Rainhill Ward	82	86	4	82	87	5	82	96	14
Sutton and Bold Ward	59	78	19	59	77	18	59	83	24
Thatto Heath Ward	62	73	11	62	70	8	62	88	26
West Sutton Ward	60	87	27	60	80	20	60	98	38
Windle Ward	70	93	23	70	91	21	70	94	24

St Helens LA	66	81	15	62	79	17	72	90	18

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%
St Helens LA	54	5	53	6

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
St Helens LA	78.9	81.1	2.2

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
St Helens LA	73.6	78.9	5.3

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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