Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Halton

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
Appleton Ward	62	87	25	62	82	20	62	94	32
Beechwood Ward	77	78	1	77	73	-4	77	90	13
Birchfield Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Broadheath Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Castlefields Ward	56	79	23	56	80	24	56	85	29
Daresbury Ward	84	93	9	84	89	5	84	98	14
Ditton Ward	58	77	19	58	76	18	58	92	34
Farnworth Ward	79	93	14	79	85	6	79	95	16
Grange Ward	36	74	38	36	71	35	36	90	54
Hale Ward	79	84	5	79	89	10	79	79	0
Halton Brook Ward	58	91	33	58	82	24	58	91	33
Halton Lea Ward	37	59	22	37	61	24	37	67	30
Halton View Ward	65	88	23	65	88	23	65	92	27
Heath Ward	74	89	15	74	82	8	74	89	15
Hough Green Ward	84	79	-5	84	74	-10	84	90	6
Kingsway Ward	40	61	21	40	54	14	40	72	32
Mersey Ward	68	84	16	68	75	7	68	89	21
Norton North Ward	63	94	31	63	89	26	63	100	37
Norton South Ward	47	76	29	47	69	22	47	78	31
Riverside Ward	60	83	23	60	83	23	60	75	15
Windmill Hill Ward	59	98	39	59	89	30	59	100	41

Halton LA	61	82	21	58	77	19	63	88	25

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%
Halton LA	49	9	46	8

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
Halton LA	76.8	83.8	7.0

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
Halton LA	72.1	77.8	5.7

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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