Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Oldham

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
Alexandra Ward	45	65	20	45	60	15	45	75	30
Chadderton Central Ward	63	77	14	63	75	12	63	83	20
Chadderton North Ward	49	72	23	49	74	25	49	78	29
Chadderton South Ward	44	87	43	44	81	37	44	89	45
Coldhurst Ward	31	73	42	31	78	47	31	85	54
Crompton Ward	71	85	14	71	89	18	71	92	21
Failsworth East Ward	62	83	21	62	74	12	62	86	24
Failsworth West Ward	71	92	21	71	92	21	71	99	28
Hollinwood Ward	43	67	24	43	79	36	43	82	39
Lees Ward	64	79	15	64	79	15	64	85	21
Royton North Ward	80	85	5	80	77	-3	80	94	14
Royton South Ward	53	87	34	53	86	33	53	89	36
Saddleworth East Ward	75	97	22	75	94	19	75	99	24
Saddleworth West Ward	66	93	27	66	83	17	66	90	24
Shaw Ward	70	89	19	70	87	17	70	96	26
St. James Ward	51	77	26	51	80	29	51	85	34
St. Marys Ward	47	68	21	47	69	22	47	81	34
St. Pauls Ward	65	70	5	65	71	6	65	70	5
Waterhead Ward	51	79	28	51	75	24	51	88	37
Werneth Ward	42	77	35	42	79	37	42	88	46

Oldham LA	57	80	23	57	78	21	63	86	23

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%
Oldham LA	82	19	82	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
Oldham LA	78.9	86.9	8.0

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
Oldham LA	76	79.1	3.1

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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