Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Sefton

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
Ainsdale Ward	75	84	9	75	84	9	75	93	18
Birkdale Ward	72	85	13	72	81	9	72	92	20
Blundellsands Ward	79	91	12	79	90	11	79	98	19
Cambridge Ward	86	88	2	86	88	2	86	94	8
Church Ward	59	84	25	59	84	25	59	91	32
Derby Ward	61	89	28	61	80	19	61	96	35
Dukes Ward	59	82	23	59	91	32	59	86	27
Ford Ward	60	81	21	60	76	16	60	83	23
Harington Ward	90	88	-2	90	86	-4	90	95	5
Kew Ward	72	85	13	72	86	14	72	92	20
Linacre Ward	56	83	27	56	70	14	56	77	21
Litherland Ward	53	76	23	53	76	23	53	92	39
Manor Ward	70	86	16	70	82	12	70	91	21
Meols Ward	84	84	0	84	84	0	84	95	11
Molyneux Ward	66	91	25	66	91	25	66	97	31
Netherton and Orrell Ward	70	79	9	70	79	9	70	84	14
Norwood Ward	77	81	4	77	85	8	77	93	16
Park Ward	84	91	7	84	86	2	84	95	11
Ravenmeols Ward	80	93	13	80	89	9	80	95	15
St Oswald Ward	56	74	18	56	70	14	56	84	28
Sudell Ward	79	87	8	79	80	1	79	93	14
Victoria Ward	91	93	2	91	88	-3	91	97	6

Sefton LA	71	85	14	70	82	12	78	92	14

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%
Sefton LA	75	5	74	2

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
Sefton LA	81.4	87.6	6.2

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
Sefton LA	76.9	79.8	2.9

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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