Table 6 - Key Stage 1 English teacher assessment results for 1998, by Local Education Authority and gender. Percentage of pupils achieving level 2 or above


	ENGLISH		Speaking & Listening		Reading		Writing
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls

NORTH EAST GOR	75%	86%	80%	88%	74%	85%	72%	84%

Hartlepool	75%	88%	83%	90%	75%	87%	70%	84%
Middlesbrough	72%	81%	76%	82%	71%	81%	68%	78%
Redcar & Cleveland	73%	85%	79%	86%	71%	84%	71%	84%
Stockton on Tees	75%	87%	79%	90%	74%	87%	72%	85%

Darlington	78%	84%	79%	85%	78%	84%	77%	84%
Durham	76%	86%	82%	89%	75%	85%	73%	84%
Northumberland	81%	90%	83%	90%	80%	89%	79%	89%

Tyne & Wear Met County	74%	85%	78%	87%	73%	85%	71%	84%
Gateshead	71%	83%	74%	84%	70%	82%	68%	80%
Newcastle upon Tyne	72%	86%	76%	87%	71%	84%	71%	84%
North Tyneside	80%	90%	82%	90%	80%	90%	78%	90%
South Tyneside	75%	84%	79%	87%	75%	84%	71%	80%
Sunderland	73%	85%	79%	87%	72%	84%	70%	84%

NORTH WEST GOR	76%	86%	80%	87%	76%	86%	73%	84%

Halton	76%	86%	77%	87%	76%	86%	73%	84%
Warrington	82%	90%	83%	90%	82%	89%	80%	88%
Cheshire	81%	89%	84%	90%	80%	88%	78%	87%
Cumbria	79%	88%	83%	89%	78%	87%	76%	87%

Greater Manchester Met County	75%	85%	79%	87%	74%	85%	72%	83%
Bolton	72%	84%	75%	85%	73%	84%	69%	81%
Bury	79%	88%	83%	89%	78%	87%	76%	86%
Manchester	67%	80%	72%	83%	67%	79%	64%	78%
Oldham	75%	84%	78%	85%	75%	83%	74%	83%
Rochdale	73%	85%	78%	87%	73%	84%	69%	83%
Salford	77%	87%	80%	88%	76%	86%	74%	86%
Stockport	80%	89%	82%	89%	80%	89%	79%	88%
Tameside	73%	86%	78%	87%	73%	86%	70%	84%
Trafford	78%	88%	83%	88%	79%	87%	75%	87%
Wigan	77%	86%	82%	88%	77%	86%	75%	85%

Blackburn with Darwin	72%	80%	75%	79%	74%	80%	68%	78%
Blackpool	71%	83%	77%	86%	72%	83%	65%	79%
Lancashire	75%	86%	80%	88%	75%	85%	72%	84%

Merseyside	78%	86%	81%	87%	78%	86%	75%	85%
Knowsley	72%	84%	78%	86%	71%	84%	68%	82%
Liverpool	75%	85%	80%	86%	75%	84%	71%	82%
St Helens	79%	85%	81%	86%	80%	86%	77%	85%
Sefton	80%	89%	82%	89%	79%	88%	77%	88%
Wirral	82%	89%	84%	89%	82%	88%	79%	87%
YORKSHIRE & HUMBER GOR	76%	85%	79%	86%	75%	85%	73%	84%

East Riding of Yorkshire	81%	89%	83%	90%	80%	88%	78%	88%
Kingston upon Hull	65%	80%	71%	83%	66%	79%	61%	77%
North East Lincolnshire	71%	84%	77%	86%	70%	84%	68%	81%
North Lincolnshire	81%	87%	83%	87%	79%	86%	79%	87%
York	80%	88%	82%	90%	79%	88%	77%	86%
North Yorkshire	84%	91%	87%	92%	83%	90%	81%	89%

South Yorkshire Met County	73%	84%	77%	85%	71%	82%	70%	82%
Barnsley	70%	84%	77%	85%	69%	82%	66%	81%
Doncaster	75%	84%	79%	86%	74%	84%	72%	82%
Rotherham	71%	83%	75%	82%	69%	81%	69%	82%
Sheffield	73%	84%	77%	85%	71%	82%	71%	82%

West Yorkshire Met County	76%	85%	79%	86%	76%	85%	73%	84%
Bradford	74%	84%	76%	84%	74%	84%	72%	83%
Calderdale	80%	89%	83%	91%	79%	87%	76%	86%
Kirklees	74%	84%	78%	85%	73%	83%	70%	82%
Leeds	78%	86%	81%	85%	78%	85%	75%	84%
Wakefield	76%	87%	80%	88%	75%	86%	73%	85%

EAST MIDLANDS GOR	76%	86%	81%	88%	76%	85%	73%	84%

Derby	73%	82%	78%	84%	73%	81%	69%	80%
Derbyshire	79%	89%	83%	90%	79%	88%	76%	87%
Leicester	66%	76%	71%	77%	66%	75%	63%	74%
Rutland	78%	91%	83%	94%	79%	90%	76%	89%
Leicestershire	80%	89%	84%	90%	79%	88%	78%	87%
Lincolshire	80%	89%	83%	90%	79%	88%	79%	88%
Northamptonshire	81%	90%	85%	91%	80%	89%	78%	89%
Nottingham City	60%	72%	69%	77%	60%	72%	55%	68%
Nottinghamshire	75%	85%	80%	87%	74%	84%	71%	82%

WEST MIDLANDS GOR	76%	85%	79%	86%	76%	85%	74%	84%

Hereford	77%	88%	80%	89%	76%	86%	74%	85%
Worcester	77%	87%	79%	88%	77%	87%	75%	86%
The Wrekin	75%	85%	81%	87%	74%	84%	73%	84%
Shropshire	81%	91%	84%	91%	81%	90%	79%	90%
Stoke on Trent	73%	83%	77%	83%	72%	83%	71%	81%
Staffordshire	81%	89%	84%	90%	80%	88%	79%	88%
Warwickshire	78%	88%	81%	88%	78%	87%	76%	86%

West Midlands Met County	74%	83%	78%	84%	74%	83%	71%	81%
Birmingham	73%	82%	77%	83%	73%	82%	71%	81%
Coventry	76%	84%	80%	87%	75%	83%	73%	82%
Dudley	76%	84%	79%	84%	76%	84%	74%	83%
Sandwell	68%	78%	74%	81%	68%	77%	63%	75%
Solihull	85%	92%	87%	92%	84%	92%	83%	91%
Walsall	71%	83%	75%	83%	70%	83%	67%	81%
Wolverhampton	74%	84%	78%	85%	73%	84%	70%	82%

EASTERN GOR	78%	86%	81%	88%	77%	86%	74%	85%

Luton	72%	79%	75%	79%	72%	79%	68%	76%
Bedfordshire	81%	89%	84%	91%	81%	89%	77%	87%
Peterborough	70%	80%	75%	81%	70%	80%	66%	78%
Cambridgeshire	79%	88%	81%	89%	78%	87%	76%	86%
Southend	79%	83%	82%	87%	77%	82%	75%	83%
Thurrock	68%	84%	76%	86%	69%	84%	65%	81%
Essex	77%	86%	81%	88%	77%	86%	74%	84%
Hertfordshire	81%	90%	84%	91%	81%	89%	78%	88%
Norfolk	76%	86%	81%	87%	75%	85%	73%	84%
Suffolk	77%	85%	80%	86%	76%	85%	74%	84%

LONDON GOR	74%	83%	78%	85%	74%	83%	71%	81%

City of London	70%	86%	60%	79%	80%	93%	60%	86%

Inner London Boroughs	71%	79%	75%	81%	70%	79%	67%	77%
Camden	72%	82%	77%	85%	72%	82%	69%	82%
Hackney	65%	79%	69%	79%	65%	78%	62%	76%
Hammersmith and Fulham	75%	81%	79%	83%	75%	81%	74%	80%
Haringey	70%	76%	75%	81%	71%	76%	68%	75%
Islington	72%	82%	76%	84%	71%	82%	68%	80%
Kensington and chelsea	72%	83%	78%	85%	73%	83%	69%	82%
Lambeth	72%	78%	75%	82%	71%	77%	68%	75%
Lewisham	71%	81%	76%	83%	71%	81%	67%	79%
Newham	64%	75%	69%	77%	64%	75%	60%	73%
Southwark	72%	79%	77%	82%	73%	79%	69%	76%
Tower Hamlets	66%	76%	69%	76%	66%	76%	66%	74%
Wandsworth	81%	86%	85%	88%	80%	85%	78%	84%
City of Westminster	73%	80%	76%	82%	73%	80%	70%	79%

Outer London Boroughs	76%	85%	80%	87%	76%	84%	73%	84%
Barking & Dagenham	74%	82%	77%	85%	73%	82%	71%	79%
Barnet	75%	84%	79%	86%	75%	84%	71%	82%
Bexley	78%	87%	83%	88%	77%	86%	76%	86%
Brent	75%	83%	77%	84%	75%	81%	73%	82%
Bromley	82%	90%	86%	91%	82%	89%	79%	89%
Croydon	78%	88%	80%	88%	78%	87%	74%	86%
Ealing	74%	83%	77%	85%	74%	83%	70%	81%
Enfield	75%	84%	79%	86%	73%	83%	73%	83%
Greenwich	63%	78%	69%	79%	64%	78%	58%	74%
Harrow	80%	88%	81%	89%	80%	87%	75%	86%
Havering	80%	89%	83%	89%	79%	88%	79%	87%
Hillingdon	80%	86%	82%	87%	77%	84%	79%	85%
Hounslow	72%	81%	78%	83%	72%	81%	69%	79%
Kingson upon Thames	80%	89%	84%	91%	79%	88%	79%	90%
Merton	74%	85%	76%	86%	75%	85%	71%	83%
Redbridge	76%	85%	79%	86%	76%	85%	73%	84%
Richmond upon Thames	86%	91%	89%	92%	86%	89%	84%	90%
Sutton	77%	89%	79%	90%	76%	87%	73%	86%
Waltham Forest	70%	81%	75%	84%	70%	81%	67%	79%

SOUTH EAST GOR	78%	86%	81%	88%	77%	86%	75%	85%

Bracknell Forest	78%	88%	81%	89%	76%	87%	74%	87%
Reading	68%	81%	73%	84%	67%	80%	63%	80%
Slough	72%	83%	76%	84%	72%	83%	68%	81%
West Berkshire	79%	88%	82%	90%	78%	86%	76%	87%
Windsor & Maidenhead	81%	91%	85%	92%	82%	90%	78%	87%
Wokingham	86%	90%	88%	92%	84%	90%	83%	88%
Milton Keynes	72%	81%	77%	82%	72%	81%	67%	79%
Buckinghamshire	81%	88%	84%	89%	80%	87%	80%	87%
Brighton & Hove	74%	81%	82%	85%	73%	80%	70%	77%
East Sussex	77%	87%	82%	90%	77%	87%	75%	86%
Portsmouth	77%	86%	81%	87%	75%	85%	73%	82%
Southampton	71%	82%	77%	83%	71%	81%	67%	79%
Hampshire	80%	89%	82%	89%	79%	88%	77%	87%
Isle of Wight	76%	89%	83%	90%	76%	87%	73%	84%
Kent	76%	85%	80%	87%	75%	85%	73%	83%
Rochester & Gillingham	73%	85%	76%	86%	73%	84%	70%	84%
Oxfordshire	77%	86%	81%	87%	76%	85%	74%	85%
Surrey	82%	89%	84%	89%	82%	89%	80%	88%
West Sussex	77%	86%	81%	87%	76%	85%	73%	84%

SOUTH WEST GOR	76%	86%	81%	88%	76%	86%	73%	84%

Bath & NE Somerset	76%	89%	83%	91%	76%	88%	72%	86%
Bristol	69%	80%	76%	85%	70%	80%	65%	77%
North Somerset	82%	90%	89%	93%	81%	90%	78%	88%
South Gloucestershire	81%	89%	85%	90%	79%	88%	77%	87%

Cornwall	75%	85%	80%	88%	75%	85%	69%	82%
Isles of Scilly	67%	100%	67%	100%	67%	100%	67%	100%

Plymouth	73%	85%	81%	85%	73%	84%	69%	82%
Torbay	77%	87%	81%	89%	77%	87%	73%	85%
Devon	75%	86%	81%	89%	74%	85%	72%	84%
Bournemouth	75%	85%	78%	87%	75%	84%	72%	83%
Poole	74%	82%	81%	87%	73%	82%	71%	81%
Dorset	77%	88%	81%	88%	77%	88%	74%	86%
Gloucestershire	78%	87%	81%	88%	77%	86%	75%	85%
Somerset	79%	88%	84%	89%	77%	87%	76%	86%
Swindon	76%	86%	81%	87%	75%	83%	73%	84%
Wiltshire	78%	86%	82%	88%	77%	85%	76%	85%

TOTAL ENGLAND	76%	86%	80%	87%	76%	85%	73%	84%

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Table 6 - Key Stage 1 English teacher assessment results for 1998, by Local Education Authority and gender. Percentage of pupils achieving level 2 or above