Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: West Berkshire

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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
Aldermaston Ward	71	93	22	71	79	8	71	86	15
Basildon Ward	73	93	20	73	90	17	73	97	24
Birch Copse Ward	66	83	17	66	89	23	66	95	29
Bucklebury Ward	80	82	2	80	86	6	80	98	18
Burghfield Ward	77	89	12	77	82	5	77	95	18
Calcot Ward	72	75	3	72	78	6	72	95	23
Chieveley Ward	81	97	16	81	100	19	81	97	16
Clay Hill Ward	60	32	-28	60	46	-14	60	64	4
Cold Ash Ward	92	98	6	92	92	0	92	96	4
Compton Ward	61	89	28	61	83	22	61	93	32
Downlands Ward	65	98	33	65	93	28	65	98	33
Falkland Ward	81	91	10	81	83	2	81	93	12
Greenham Ward	57	19	-38	57	24	-33	57	33	-24
Hungerford Ward	79	88	9	79	90	11	79	92	13
Kintbury Ward	71	72	1	71	86	15	71	97	26
Lambourn Valley Ward	49	78	29	49	63	14	49	78	29
Mortimer Ward	69	90	21	69	89	20	69	93	24
Northcroft Ward	59	74	15	59	65	6	59	83	24
Pangbourne Ward	69	79	10	69	82	13	69	93	24
Purley on Thames Ward	72	90	18	72	84	12	72	98	26
Speen Ward	53	75	22	53	75	22	53	79	26
St Johns Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Sulhamstead Ward	83	77	-6	83	69	-14	83	85	2
Thatcham Central Ward	58	87	29	58	77	19	58	87	29
Thatcham North Ward	70	80	10	70	76	6	70	86	16
Thatcham South and Crookham Ward	72	77	5	72	82	10	72	97	25
Thatcham West Ward	70	82	12	70	77	7	70	90	20
Theale Ward	67	86	19	67	68	1	67	92	25
Victoria Ward	78	84	6	78	79	1	78	96	18
Westwood Ward	52	75	23	52	72	20	52	79	27

West Berkshire LA	69	82	13	66	80	14	72	91	19

South East Region	66	81	15	63	77	14	70	88	18

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%
West Berkshire LA	48	3	48	4

South East Region	1,923	314	1,927	251

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
West Berkshire LA	80.3	86.2	5.9

South East Region	78	84.4	6.4

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
West Berkshire LA	73.5	77.2	3.7

South East Region	73.1	75.2	2.1

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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