Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Blackpool

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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
Anchorsholme Ward	75	95	20	75	85	10	75	98	23
Bispham Ward	-	95	N/A	-	86	N/A	-	95	N/A
Bloomfield Ward	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-	N/A
Brunswick Ward	60	71	11	60	67	7	60	78	18
Claremont Ward	60	48	-12	60	49	-11	60	61	1
Clifton Ward	35	66	31	35	74	39	35	91	56
Greenlands Ward	82	71	-11	82	71	-11	82	85	3
Hawes Side Ward	52	79	27	52	78	26	52	91	39
Highfield Ward	63	81	18	63	69	6	63	95	32
Ingthorpe Ward	75	85	10	75	91	16	75	97	22
Layton Ward	63	91	28	63	87	24	63	94	31
Marton Ward	62	82	20	62	77	15	62	86	24
Norbreck Ward	80	90	10	80	79	-1	80	85	5
Park Ward	36	70	34	36	69	33	36	78	42
Squires Gate Ward	74	85	11	74	82	8	74	91	17
Stanley Ward	63	79	16	63	85	22	63	93	30
Talbot Ward	62	71	9	62	80	18	62	89	27
Tyldesley Ward	49	63	14	49	65	16	49	72	23
Victoria Ward	55	76	21	55	79	24	55	90	35
Warbreck Ward	79	86	7	79	86	7	79	90	11
Waterloo Ward	55	71	16	55	70	15	55	89	34

Blackpool LA	61	78	17	60	76	16	64	87	23

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%
Blackpool LA	26	5	29	3

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
Blackpool LA	80.1	82.3	2.2

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
Blackpool LA	77.6	74.9	-2.7

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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