Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Wigan

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
Abram Ward	48	77	29	48	81	33	48	90	42
Ashton-Golborne Ward	71	77	6	71	76	5	71	84	13
Aspull-Standish Ward	70	96	26	70	88	18	70	96	26
Atherton Ward	63	87	24	63	83	20	63	90	27
Bedford-Astley Ward	46	64	18	46	51	5	46	81	35
Beech Hill Ward	58	80	22	58	74	16	58	87	29
Bryn Ward	72	87	15	72	89	17	72	96	24
Hindley Ward	58	85	27	58	82	24	58	94	36
Hindley Green Ward	62	81	19	62	80	18	62	88	26
Hindsford Ward	68	69	1	68	70	2	68	83	15
Hope Carr Ward	77	73	-4	77	83	6	77	93	16
Ince Ward	47	70	23	47	77	30	47	87	40
Langtree Ward	80	92	12	80	90	10	80	91	11
Leigh Central Ward	59	82	23	59	74	15	59	88	29
Leigh East Ward	73	83	10	73	83	10	73	90	17
Lightshaw Ward	64	81	17	64	80	16	64	87	23
Newtown Ward	50	71	21	50	68	18	50	61	11
Norley Ward	42	67	25	42	70	28	42	76	34
Orrell Ward	76	84	8	76	86	10	76	91	15
Swinley Ward	73	85	12	73	89	16	73	96	23
Tyldesley East Ward	76	86	10	76	82	6	76	94	18
Whelley Ward	61	87	26	61	82	21	61	96	35
Winstanley Ward	68	77	9	68	77	9	68	85	17
Worsley Mesnes Ward	62	81	19	62	79	17	62	87	25

Wigan LA	64	81	17	64	80	16	73	89	16

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%
Wigan LA	103	19	101	11

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
Wigan LA	79.3	85.6	6.3

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
Wigan LA	77.1	78.8	1.7

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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