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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
Beauchief Ward	77	88	11	77	82	5	77	92	15
Birley Ward	67	82	15	67	77	10	67	90	23
Brightside Ward	41	67	26	41	61	20	41	70	29
Broomhill Ward	77	91	14	77	87	10	77	94	17
Burngreave Ward	38	65	27	38	58	20	38	75	37
Castle Ward	37	60	23	37	62	25	37	80	43
Chapel Green Ward	66	82	16	66	77	11	66	90	24
Darnall Ward	40	69	29	40	63	23	40	81	41
Dore Ward	72	82	10	72	81	9	72	89	17
Ecclesall Ward	75	95	20	75	89	14	75	97	22
Firth Park Ward	33	64	31	33	50	17	33	68	35
Hallam Ward	86	86	0	86	80	-6	86	94	8
Handsworth Ward	50	79	29	50	72	22	50	90	40
Heeley Ward	58	72	14	58	72	14	58	83	25
Hillsborough Ward	57	74	17	57	75	18	57	85	28
Intake Ward	64	71	7	64	73	9	64	85	21
Manor Ward	47	48	1	47	48	1	47	68	21
Mosborough Ward	61	81	20	61	77	16	61	90	29
Nether Edge Ward	71	81	10	71	74	3	71	85	14
Nether Shire Ward	47	51	4	47	53	6	47	72	25
Netherthorpe Ward	54	73	19	54	75	21	54	74	20
Norton Ward	42	65	23	42	46	4	42	70	28
Owlerton Ward	41	60	19	41	65	24	41	78	37
Park Ward	22	58	36	22	56	34	22	82	60
Sharrow Ward	37	45	8	37	42	5	37	63	26
South Wortley Ward	61	84	23	61	81	20	61	92	31
Southey Green Ward	36	56	20	36	59	23	36	74	38
Stocksbridge Ward	71	87	16	71	81	10	71	92	21
Walkley Ward	56	78	22	56	77	21	56	87	31

Sheffield LA	55	74	19	56	71	15	62	84	22

Yorkshire and The Humber Region	60	79	19	60	76	16	67	87	20

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%
Sheffield LA	116	40	113	33

Yorkshire and The Humber Region	1,516	292	1,490	221

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
Sheffield LA	74.4	81.4	7.0

Yorkshire and The Humber Region	76.2	81.7	5.5

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
Sheffield LA	68.4	71.1	2.7

Yorkshire and The Humber Region	71.8	74.8	3.0

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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