Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Kent

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
Abbey Ward	38	69	31	38	54	16	38	83	45
Allington Ward	75	89	14	75	86	11	75	94	19
Ash Ward	-	77	N/A	-	77	N/A	-	92	N/A
Aylesford Ward	69	86	17	69	79	10	69	88	19
Aylesford Green Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Aylesham Ward	52	70	18	52	73	21	52	77	25
Barham Downs Ward	58	81	23	58	81	23	58	92	34
Barming Ward	85	84	-1	85	77	-8	85	82	-3
Barton Ward	52	60	8	52	53	1	52	71	19
Beacon Road Ward	-	84	N/A	-	65	N/A	-	87	N/A
Bean and Darenth Ward	61	68	7	61	66	5	61	84	23
Bearsted Ward	89	92	3	89	83	-6	89	95	6
Beaver Ward	51	55	4	51	51	0	51	58	7
Benenden and Cranbrook Ward	65	68	3	65	71	6	65	87	22
Biddenden Ward	75	88	13	75	94	19	75	88	13
Birchington North Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Birchington South Ward	53	64	11	53	58	5	53	83	30
Blean Forest Ward	75	90	15	75	82	7	75	97	22
Blue Bell Hill and Walderslade Ward	84	87	3	84	83	-1	84	92	8
Bockhanger Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Borden Ward	70	93	23	70	93	23	70	87	17
Borough Green and Long Mill Ward	76	91	15	76	83	7	76	96	20
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton Ward	66	91	25	66	81	15	66	91	25
Boughton and Courtenay Ward	68	81	13	68	82	14	68	92	24
Boxley Ward	74	98	24	74	92	18	74	94	20
Bradstowe Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge Ward	84	91	7	84	91	7	84	97	13
Brenchley and Horsmonden Ward	89	77	-12	89	73	-16	89	85	-4
Brent Ward	57	70	13	57	73	16	57	80	23
Bridge Ward	70	81	11	70	77	7	70	89	19
Broadwater Ward	54	74	20	54	63	9	54	80	26
Buckland Ward	62	74	12	62	79	17	62	94	32
Burham, Eccles and Wouldham Ward	62	88	26	62	75	13	62	90	28
Bybrook Ward	70	32	-38	70	43	-27	70	46	-24
Cage Green Ward	57	79	22	57	74	17	57	75	18
Capel Ward	72	82	10	72	73	1	72	97	25
Capel-le-Ferne Ward	82	72	-10	82	56	-26	82	66	-16
Castle Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Castle Ward	70	84	14	70	81	11	70	81	11
Castle Ward	64	91	27	64	79	15	64	95	31
Central Ward	50	92	42	50	80	30	50	93	43
Central Harbour Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Chalk Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Chalkwell Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Charing Ward	76	62	-14	76	48	-28	76	62	-14
Chartham and Stone Street Ward	69	82	13	69	68	-1	69	89	20
Chestfield and Swalecliffe Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Cliffsend and Pegwell Ward	61	79	18	61	75	14	61	88	27
Cliftonville East Ward	64	71	7	64	64	0	64	72	8
Cliftonville West Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Coldharbour Ward	54	81	27	54	58	4	54	85	31
Cowden and Hever Ward	62	90	28	62	69	7	62	86	24
Coxheath and Hunton Ward	79	80	1	79	81	2	79	91	12
Crockenhill and Well Hill Ward	68	73	5	68	77	9	68	90	22
Culverden Ward	68	96	28	68	85	17	68	100	32
Dane Valley Ward	49	61	12	49	48	-1	49	66	17
Davington Priory Ward	44	69	25	44	66	22	44	77	33
Detling and Thurnham Ward	33	67	34	33	67	34	33	67	34
Ditton Ward	91	71	-20	91	69	-22	91	75	-16
Downs Ward	71	78	7	71	75	4	71	87	16
Downs North Ward	69	45	-24	69	82	13	69	91	22
Downs West Ward	48	86	38	48	82	34	48	95	47
Downswood and Otham Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Dunton Green and Riverhead Ward	61	59	-2	61	72	11	61	76	15
Dymchurch and St Mary's Bay Ward	36	76	40	36	69	33	36	89	53
East Ward	71	84	13	71	78	7	71	89	18
East Downs Ward	77	93	16	77	80	3	77	87	10
East Malling Ward	47	56	9	47	44	-3	47	75	28
East Peckham and Golden Green Ward	73	74	1	73	61	-12	73	82	9
Eastcliff Ward	73	76	3	73	65	-8	73	94	21
Eastry Ward	60	79	19	60	79	19	60	80	20
Edenbridge North and East Ward	55	72	17	55	57	2	55	72	17
Edenbridge South and West Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Elham and Stelling Minnis Ward	83	90	7	83	77	-6	83	97	14
Eynsford Ward	79	96	17	79	96	17	79	100	21
Eythorne and Shepherdswell Ward	41	71	30	41	76	35	41	85	44
Fant Ward	41	56	15	41	35	-6	41	50	9
Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth Ward	75	79	4	75	93	18	75	98	23
Fawkham and West Kingsdown Ward	53	83	30	53	83	30	53	79	26
Folkestone Cheriton Ward	67	74	7	67	79	12	67	87	20
Folkestone East Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Folkestone Foord Ward	47	48	1	47	48	1	47	56	9
Folkestone Harbour Ward	65	73	8	65	65	0	65	79	14
Folkestone Harvey Central Ward	81	68	-13	81	73	-8	81	84	3
Folkestone Harvey West Ward	-	71	N/A	-	79	N/A	-	82	N/A
Folkestone Morehall Ward	69	60	-9	69	60	-9	69	79	10
Folkestone Park Ward	60	70	10	60	62	2	60	66	6
Folkestone Sandgate Ward	76	100	24	76	97	21	76	98	22
Frittenden and Sissinghurst Ward	89	89	0	89	83	-6	89	89	0
Garlinge Ward	53	77	24	53	69	16	53	85	32
Godinton Ward	73	89	16	73	71	-2	73	92	19
Gorrell Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst Ward	84	95	11	84	89	5	84	96	12
Great Chart with Singleton North Ward	-	0	N/A	-	0	N/A	-	0	N/A
Greenhill and Eddington Ward	51	77	26	51	63	12	51	84	33
Greenhithe Ward	61	77	16	61	72	11	61	89	28
Grove Ward	67	94	27	67	79	12	67	93	26
Hadlow, Mereworth and West Peckham Ward	79	90	11	79	85	6	79	94	15
Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount Ward	75	88	13	75	76	1	75	100	25
Harbledown Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Harbour Ward	71	75	4	71	73	2	71	90	19
Harrietsham and Lenham Ward	64	82	18	64	86	22	64	94	30
Hartley and Hodsoll Street Ward	68	78	10	68	75	7	68	82	14
Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch Ward	62	91	29	62	79	17	62	88	26
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst Ward	67	63	-4	67	63	-4	67	68	1
Headcorn Ward	71	92	21	71	89	18	71	95	24
Heath Ward	70	85	15	70	80	10	70	91	21
Heath Ward	61	54	-7	61	47	-14	61	59	-2
Herne and Broomfield Ward	73	74	1	73	81	8	73	90	17
Heron Ward	75	78	3	75	78	3	75	89	14
Hextable Ward	82	89	7	82	85	3	82	83	1
High Street Ward	53	61	8	53	52	-1	53	73	20
Higham Ward	56	81	25	56	70	14	56	81	25
Higham Ward	82	71	-11	82	71	-11	82	84	2
Highfield Ward	55	83	28	55	74	19	55	84	29
Hildenborough Ward	94	87	-7	94	82	-12	94	88	-6
Hythe Central Ward	45	80	35	45	76	31	45	85	40
Hythe East Ward	73	44	-29	73	40	-33	73	56	-17
Hythe West Ward	47	83	36	47	78	31	47	96	49
Ightham Ward	100	89	-11	100	95	-5	100	100	0
Isle of Oxney Ward	62	72	10	62	80	18	62	92	30
Istead Rise Ward	79	90	11	79	88	9	79	90	11
Iwade and Lower Halstow Ward	69	65	-4	69	49	-20	69	67	-2
Joyce Green Ward	48	72	24	48	68	20	48	74	26
Joydens Wood Ward	81	92	11	81	92	11	81	98	17
Judd Ward	54	85	31	54	72	18	54	94	40
Kemsing Ward	69	88	19	69	96	27	69	92	23
Kemsley Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Kennington Ward	74	82	8	74	76	2	74	94	20
Kings Hill Ward	-	93	N/A	-	85	N/A	-	98	N/A
Kingsgate Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Larkfield North Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Larkfield South Ward	75	81	6	75	69	-6	75	87	12
Leeds Ward	64	80	16	64	65	1	64	75	11
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway Ward	75	90	15	75	95	20	75	95	20
Leysdown and Warden Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Little Burton Farm Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Little Stour Ward	71	92	21	71	74	3	71	95	24
Little Stour and Ashstone Ward	75	87	12	75	70	-5	75	89	14
Littlebrook Ward	80	88	8	80	88	8	80	93	13
Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet Ward	64	78	14	64	77	13	64	85	21
Loose Ward	82	90	8	82	81	-1	82	94	12
Lydd Ward	40	61	21	40	76	36	40	72	32
Lydden and Temple Ewell Ward	69	82	13	69	75	6	69	93	24
Lympne and Stanford Ward	74	-	N/A	74	-	N/A	74	-	N/A
Marden and Yalding Ward	71	86	15	71	79	8	71	91	20
Margate Central Ward	52	59	7	52	65	13	52	83	31
Marshside Ward	65	67	2	65	63	-2	65	73	8
Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory Ward	46	51	5	46	51	5	46	59	13
Medway Ward	75	62	-13	75	73	-2	75	81	6
Meopham North Ward	62	93	31	62	95	33	62	100	38
Meopham South and Vigo Ward	71	80	9	71	78	7	71	92	21
Middle Deal and Sholden Ward	72	77	5	72	76	4	72	82	10
Mill Hill Ward	55	84	29	55	57	2	55	87	32
Milton Regis Ward	48	57	9	48	47	-1	48	56	8
Minster Cliffs Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Murston Ward	39	63	24	39	63	24	39	82	43
Nethercourt Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
New Romney Coast Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
New Romney Town Ward	65	75	10	65	69	4	65	90	25
Newington Ward	53	60	7	53	60	7	53	68	15
Newtown Ward	-	88	N/A	-	71	N/A	-	88	N/A
Norman Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
North Ward	78	83	5	78	85	7	78	85	7
North Deal Ward	69	82	13	69	71	2	69	80	11
North Downs Ward	67	80	13	67	80	13	67	100	33
North Downs East Ward	44	79	35	44	76	32	44	89	45
North Downs West Ward	57	92	35	57	78	21	57	89	32
North Nailbourne Ward	63	98	35	63	90	27	63	98	35
North Willesborough Ward	0	-	N/A	0	-	N/A	0	-	N/A
Northfleet North Ward	57	79	22	57	77	20	57	91	34
Northfleet South Ward	54	75	21	54	69	15	54	72	18
Northgate Ward	26	64	38	26	72	46	26	79	53
Northwood Ward	44	68	24	44	54	10	44	70	26
Otford and Shoreham Ward	70	91	21	70	74	4	70	91	21
Paddock Wood East Ward	68	89	21	68	73	5	68	89	21
Paddock Wood West Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Painters Ash Ward	62	78	16	62	78	16	62	85	23
Pantiles and St Mark's Ward	97	95	-2	97	93	-4	97	98	1
Park Ward	79	87	8	79	82	3	79	84	5
Park Farm North Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Park Farm South Ward	-	82	N/A	-	83	N/A	-	93	N/A
Park Wood Ward	53	68	15	53	58	5	53	74	21
Pelham Ward	80	87	7	80	85	5	80	87	7
Pembury Ward	73	87	14	73	78	5	73	93	20
Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone Ward	94	100	6	94	100	6	94	98	4
Princes Ward	58	52	-6	58	52	-6	58	65	7
Queenborough and Halfway Ward	61	58	-3	61	57	-4	61	81	20
Reculver Ward	53	76	23	53	76	23	53	81	28
Ringwould Ward	80	87	7	80	87	7	80	90	10
River Ward	80	75	-5	80	77	-3	80	86	6
Riverside Ward	59	82	23	59	78	19	59	86	27
Riverview Ward	68	78	10	68	67	-1	68	92	24
Rolvenden and Tenterden West Ward	100	78	-22	100	61	-39	100	70	-30
Roman Ward	45	70	25	45	68	23	45	70	25
Romney Marsh Ward	67	75	8	67	89	22	67	89	22
Rusthall Ward	51	63	12	51	63	12	51	65	14
Salmestone Ward	52	68	16	52	59	7	52	70	18
Sandwich Ward	68	68	0	68	77	9	68	91	23
Saxon Shore Ward	71	89	18	71	84	13	71	91	20
Seal and Weald Ward	75	76	1	75	88	13	75	98	23
Seasalter Ward	58	61	3	58	59	1	58	70	12
Sevenoaks Eastern Ward	41	38	-3	41	25	-16	41	63	22
Sevenoaks Kippington Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Sevenoaks Northern Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Sevenoaks Town and St John's Ward	77	87	10	77	82	5	77	94	17
Sheerness East Ward	59	65	6	59	47	-12	59	79	20
Sheerness West Ward	67	78	11	67	50	-17	67	67	0
Sheppey Central Ward	28	74	46	28	75	47	28	79	51
Shepway North Ward	38	59	21	38	56	18	38	62	24
Shepway South Ward	53	65	12	53	51	-2	53	61	8
Sherwood Ward	41	63	22	41	57	16	41	74	33
Shorne, Cobham and Luddesdown Ward	87	88	1	87	86	-1	87	93	6
Singleton South Ward	73	83	10	73	75	2	73	97	24
Singlewell Ward	54	52	-2	54	51	-3	54	68	14
Sir Moses Montefiore Ward	58	69	11	58	63	5	58	78	20
Snodland East Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Snodland West Ward	69	88	19	69	86	17	69	97	28
South Ward	-	0	N/A	-	0	N/A	-	0	N/A
South Willesborough Ward	63	84	21	63	66	3	63	88	25
Southborough North Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Southborough and High Brooms Ward	45	84	39	45	77	32	45	87	42
Speldhurst and Bidborough Ward	82	98	16	82	94	12	82	98	16
St Ann's Ward	27	33	6	27	24	-3	27	33	6
St James' Ward	25	75	50	25	63	38	25	69	44
St John's Ward	73	82	9	73	74	1	73	90	17
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Ward	62	70	8	62	70	8	62	85	23
St Michaels Ward	61	93	32	61	86	25	61	93	32
St Michaels Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
St Peters Ward	50	71	21	50	69	19	50	75	25
St Radigunds Ward	58	51	-7	58	67	9	58	64	6
St Stephens Ward	66	83	17	66	87	21	66	98	32
Stanhope Ward	29	57	28	29	53	24	29	81	52
Staplehurst Ward	72	97	25	72	78	6	72	93	21
Stone Ward	62	70	8	62	77	15	62	82	20
Stour Ward	84	94	10	84	87	3	84	90	6
Sturry North Ward	80	92	12	80	90	10	80	96	16
Sturry South Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Sutton Valence and Langley Ward	42	85	43	42	74	32	42	71	29
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley Ward	68	83	15	68	71	3	68	95	27
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village Ward	60	76	16	60	74	14	60	80	20
Swanley St Mary's Ward	42	86	44	42	93	51	42	93	51
Swanley White Oak Ward	54	77	23	54	77	23	54	80	26
Swanscombe Ward	63	78	15	63	82	19	63	88	25
Tankerton Ward	77	88	11	77	81	4	77	89	12
Tenterden North Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Tenterden South Ward	76	85	9	76	77	1	76	89	13
Teynham and Lynsted Ward	56	82	26	56	73	17	56	78	22
Thanet Villages Ward	69	83	14	69	84	15	69	93	24
Tolsford Ward	73	97	24	73	100	27	73	100	27
Tower Hamlets Ward	55	63	8	55	54	-1	55	63	8
Town Ward	64	71	7	64	64	0	64	68	4
Town and Pier Ward	48	76	28	48	52	4	48	86	38
Trench Ward	52	47	-5	52	27	-25	52	93	41
Vauxhall Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Victoria Ward	67	83	16	67	83	16	67	100	33
Viking Ward	69	84	15	69	83	14	69	89	20
Walmer Ward	76	82	6	76	76	0	76	89	13
Washford Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Wateringbury Ward	74	87	13	74	74	0	74	84	10
Watling Ward	73	94	21	73	76	3	73	94	21
Weald Central Ward	69	83	14	69	66	-3	69	81	12
Weald East Ward	75	88	13	75	87	12	75	94	19
Weald North Ward	67	88	21	67	79	12	67	95	28
Weald South Ward	61	86	25	61	73	12	61	86	25
West Bay Ward	74	73	-1	74	72	-2	74	86	12
West Downs Ward	69	83	14	69	76	7	69	86	17
West Hill Ward	68	98	30	68	92	24	68	96	28
West Malling and Leybourne Ward	73	81	8	73	72	-1	73	91	18
Westbrook Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Westcourt Ward	44	44	0	44	33	-11	44	59	15
Westerham and Crockham Hill Ward	65	82	17	65	76	11	65	80	15
Westgate Ward	48	79	31	48	77	29	48	85	37
Westgate-on-Sea Ward	64	74	10	64	69	5	64	88	24
Whitehill Ward	57	55	-2	57	51	-6	57	64	7
Whitfield Ward	78	68	-10	78	70	-8	78	84	6
Wilmington Ward	51	74	23	51	74	23	51	72	21
Wincheap Ward	54	61	7	54	65	11	54	86	32
Woodlands Ward	0	-	N/A	0	-	N/A	0	-	N/A
Woodstock Ward	70	75	5	70	72	2	70	86	16
Wrotham Ward	71	87	16	71	91	20	71	96	25
Wye Ward	61	89	28	61	93	32	61	96	35

Kent LA	64	77	13	62	73	11	65	84	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%
Kent LA	388	91	372	77

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
Kent LA	77.9	83.8	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
Kent LA	72	73.3	1.3

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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