Table 8 - Key Stage 1 science teacher assessment results for 1998, analysed by Local Education Authority and gender. Percentage of pupils achieving level 2 or above


			Experimental &		Life Processes & Living		Materials & Their		Physical
	SCIENCE		Investigative Science		Things		Properties		Processes
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls

NORTH EAST GOR	84%	88%	80%	84%	87%	91%	86%	89%	82%	86%

Hartlepool	89%	91%	83%	86%	90%	93%	90%	92%	86%	90%
Middlesbrough	81%	84%	75%	78%	85%	89%	81%	85%	78%	82%
Redcar & Cleveland	84%	88%	82%	85%	88%	91%	87%	90%	81%	85%
Stockton on Tees	84%	89%	81%	85%	86%	92%	85%	90%	81%	86%

Darlington	83%	85%	80%	83%	87%	88%	82%	87%	80%	81%
Durham	86%	89%	82%	85%	89%	92%	88%	90%	84%	86%
Northumberland	87%	91%	84%	88%	89%	92%	88%	91%	86%	90%

Tyne & Wear Met County	83%	87%	79%	83%	86%	90%	85%	89%	81%	86%
Gateshead	84%	87%	78%	81%	88%	91%	86%	89%	82%	85%
Newcastle upon Tyne	81%	87%	78%	84%	85%	91%	84%	88%	80%	85%
North Tyneside	84%	89%	82%	87%	88%	93%	85%	91%	83%	89%
South Tyneside	83%	85%	77%	79%	85%	89%	86%	88%	81%	83%
Sunderland	82%	87%	78%	83%	85%	89%	84%	89%	81%	85%

NORTH WEST GOR	85%	87%	80%	84%	87%	90%	86%	89%	83%	85%

Halton	83%	87%	81%	85%	87%	91%	85%	89%	80%	81%
Warrington	89%	91%	85%	87%	91%	93%	91%	93%	87%	88%
Cheshire	88%	90%	84%	87%	90%	92%	89%	91%	86%	89%
Cumbria	88%	90%	83%	87%	89%	92%	89%	91%	86%	88%

Greater Manchester Met County	84%	87%	79%	83%	86%	90%	85%	89%	81%	84%
Bolton	79%	84%	74%	80%	84%	89%	83%	88%	76%	79%
Bury	86%	89%	81%	84%	90%	93%	89%	91%	84%	86%
Manchester	79%	84%	76%	80%	81%	87%	80%	85%	77%	80%
Oldham	84%	85%	80%	81%	87%	88%	87%	88%	83%	84%
Rochdale	83%	87%	79%	84%	85%	90%	85%	89%	78%	84%
Salford	87%	89%	83%	85%	89%	91%	88%	90%	84%	87%
Stockport	87%	89%	83%	86%	89%	92%	87%	90%	85%	88%
Tameside	83%	87%	78%	82%	87%	91%	85%	90%	80%	84%
Trafford	88%	89%	83%	86%	91%	93%	89%	91%	86%	86%
Wigan	86%	88%	82%	84%	88%	91%	87%	89%	84%	86%

Blackburn with Darwin	79%	79%	74%	74%	83%	84%	80%	79%	78%	75%
Blackpool	82%	86%	79%	82%	84%	85%	84%	86%	79%	82%
Lancashire	84%	87%	80%	84%	87%	90%	85%	89%	81%	84%

Merseyside	85%	88%	81%	84%	89%	91%	87%	89%	84%	86%
Knowsley	81%	85%	77%	82%	85%	89%	84%	87%	77%	80%
Liverpool	84%	86%	79%	81%	88%	90%	85%	88%	83%	86%
St Helens	84%	86%	80%	82%	88%	91%	85%	87%	84%	85%
Sefton	88%	91%	84%	87%	91%	93%	90%	92%	87%	88%
Wirral	87%	90%	84%	87%	90%	93%	89%	91%	87%	89%

YORKSHIRE & HUMBER GOR	84%	87%	80%	82%	87%	90%	86%	88%	82%	84%

East Riding of Yorkshire	89%	90%	84%	87%	91%	93%	89%	91%	86%	88%
Kingston upon Hull	77%	82%	72%	77%	79%	84%	79%	84%	75%	80%
North East Lincolnshire	79%	84%	72%	78%	85%	89%	82%	86%	77%	81%
North Lincolnshire	87%	88%	82%	83%	89%	92%	89%	90%	86%	87%
York	91%	90%	87%	88%	92%	93%	91%	92%	89%	90%
North Yorkshire	92%	92%	88%	89%	93%	94%	92%	93%	90%	90%

South Yorkshire Met County	82%	85%	78%	81%	86%	89%	84%	87%	80%	83%
Barnsley	83%	84%	79%	80%	87%	89%	82%	84%	79%	80%
Doncaster	85%	87%	80%	83%	89%	91%	86%	89%	85%	87%
Rotherham	81%	84%	76%	79%	84%	87%	83%	85%	79%	82%
Sheffield	81%	85%	76%	80%	85%	89%	83%	87%	79%	82%

West Yorkshire Met County	84%	86%	79%	82%	86%	89%	86%	88%	82%	84%
Bradford	81%	84%	76%	80%	84%	88%	83%	86%	79%	82%
Calderdale	87%	90%	83%	87%	89%	92%	87%	91%	85%	88%
Kirklees	82%	85%	77%	80%	85%	88%	86%	88%	80%	81%
Leeds	85%	86%	81%	82%	87%	89%	86%	87%	83%	84%
Wakefield	84%	88%	81%	83%	88%	91%	86%	90%	84%	86%

EAST MIDLANDS GOR	85%	87%	81%	84%	88%	91%	86%	88%	83%	85%

Derby	83%	82%	78%	78%	84%	87%	84%	84%	80%	80%
Derbyshire	87%	90%	84%	87%	90%	93%	88%	91%	86%	88%
Leicester	77%	78%	71%	73%	81%	84%	80%	81%	73%	73%
Rutland	92%	92%	87%	90%	92%	94%	93%	96%	89%	88%
Leicestershire	90%	91%	86%	87%	92%	93%	90%	92%	88%	90%
Lincolshire	87%	90%	83%	87%	91%	93%	89%	92%	86%	88%
Northamptonshire	89%	91%	85%	88%	92%	94%	89%	91%	86%	89%
Nottingham City	72%	76%	69%	72%	75%	80%	73%	76%	67%	70%
Nottinghamshire	85%	87%	81%	83%	87%	90%	85%	88%	83%	84%

WEST MIDLANDS GOR	83%	86%	79%	83%	86%	89%	85%	88%	81%	84%

Hereford	84%	88%	80%	85%	86%	91%	86%	89%	82%	86%
Worcester	85%	89%	81%	86%	88%	92%	87%	91%	84%	87%
The Wrekin	86%	89%	84%	88%	87%	90%	85%	89%	85%	89%
Shropshire	90%	92%	86%	89%	92%	94%	91%	93%	88%	90%
Stoke on Trent	81%	84%	76%	79%	82%	86%	83%	86%	79%	82%
Staffordshire	87%	90%	84%	87%	90%	93%	89%	91%	85%	88%
Warwickshire	86%	89%	82%	84%	89%	92%	89%	91%	85%	87%

West Midlands Met County	81%	84%	77%	80%	83%	86%	82%	85%	78%	81%
Birmingham	80%	83%	77%	80%	82%	85%	80%	84%	77%	79%
Coventry	85%	86%	81%	82%	88%	89%	86%	88%	83%	84%
Dudley	83%	85%	78%	82%	86%	87%	85%	87%	79%	81%
Sandwell	76%	79%	71%	74%	78%	81%	76%	78%	72%	75%
Solihull	88%	91%	86%	88%	90%	93%	90%	93%	87%	91%
Walsall	77%	82%	72%	77%	82%	87%	78%	84%	75%	78%
Wolverhampton	79%	83%	74%	79%	83%	87%	82%	85%	77%	81%

EASTERN GOR	86%	88%	81%	84%	89%	91%	88%	90%	84%	85%

Luton	80%	81%	76%	77%	83%	84%	83%	83%	77%	77%
Bedfordshire	89%	91%	85%	88%	91%	93%	91%	92%	89%	90%
Peterborough	82%	81%	77%	78%	85%	86%	85%	86%	79%	78%
Cambridgeshire	87%	90%	83%	86%	89%	92%	88%	91%	85%	87%
Southend	86%	87%	83%	84%	88%	89%	85%	86%	84%	84%
Thurrock	77%	85%	73%	81%	82%	90%	80%	87%	77%	81%
Essex	85%	87%	81%	83%	89%	91%	87%	89%	82%	84%
Hertfordshire	88%	90%	84%	86%	91%	94%	90%	92%	87%	89%
Norfolk	86%	88%	81%	84%	88%	91%	87%	89%	84%	86%
Suffolk	86%	87%	80%	81%	89%	90%	87%	89%	84%	84%

LONDON GOR	83%	85%	79%	82%	85%	88%	83%	86%	81%	83%

City of London	70%	86%	70%	86%	90%	86%	80%	86%	50%	71%

Inner London Boroughs	80%	82%	76%	78%	82%	85%	80%	83%	78%	80%
Camden	80%	86%	75%	81%	83%	88%	81%	88%	80%	85%
Hackney	73%	80%	69%	75%	75%	83%	74%	79%	71%	77%
Hammersmith and Fulham	83%	85%	81%	82%	85%	87%	82%	85%	83%	85%
Haringey	81%	83%	79%	81%	82%	84%	81%	83%	79%	80%
Islington	80%	85%	77%	80%	83%	88%	81%	86%	78%	83%
Kensington and chelsea	81%	85%	75%	81%	86%	88%	82%	87%	83%	85%
Lambeth	79%	81%	77%	79%	81%	84%	79%	82%	75%	74%
Lewisham	81%	84%	78%	81%	84%	89%	81%	85%	78%	80%
Newham	73%	76%	70%	72%	75%	81%	73%	78%	71%	73%
Southwark	82%	83%	79%	80%	85%	86%	83%	85%	81%	81%
Tower Hamlets	79%	79%	74%	74%	82%	81%	79%	79%	78%	76%
Wandsworth	86%	88%	83%	85%	88%	89%	88%	90%	85%	88%
City of Westminster	80%	81%	76%	76%	83%	85%	80%	82%	80%	81%

Outer London Boroughs	85%	87%	81%	83%	87%	90%	85%	88%	83%	85%
Barking & Dagenham	84%	86%	80%	82%	86%	88%	85%	88%	83%	84%
Barnet	83%	85%	79%	80%	85%	88%	84%	85%	81%	83%
Bexley	87%	90%	84%	87%	89%	91%	88%	90%	87%	88%
Brent	84%	85%	81%	82%	83%	86%	82%	84%	80%	83%
Bromley	91%	92%	88%	89%	91%	93%	90%	92%	90%	91%
Croydon	85%	88%	81%	84%	87%	91%	85%	90%	83%	88%
Ealing	82%	85%	79%	82%	85%	87%	83%	85%	79%	82%
Enfield	84%	86%	80%	82%	86%	88%	86%	88%	82%	83%
Greenwich	75%	79%	71%	74%	79%	83%	76%	80%	70%	73%
Harrow	86%	90%	81%	87%	87%	93%	86%	89%	85%	87%
Havering	89%	91%	85%	85%	92%	93%	90%	92%	88%	90%
Hillingdon	87%	88%	83%	84%	90%	90%	89%	90%	86%	85%
Hounslow	81%	82%	78%	79%	86%	86%	83%	85%	76%	76%
Kingson upon Thames	86%	92%	81%	88%	89%	93%	88%	93%	86%	89%
Merton	85%	88%	82%	85%	87%	90%	87%	89%	82%	85%
Redbridge	81%	87%	78%	84%	84%	89%	84%	87%	81%	85%
Richmond upon Thames	92%	91%	89%	86%	94%	94%	93%	92%	92%	90%
Sutton	88%	93%	84%	89%	89%	93%	88%	91%	87%	90%
Waltham Forest	79%	84%	75%	80%	81%	87%	79%	85%	76%	81%

SOUTH EAST GOR	86%	89%	82%	85%	89%	91%	87%	90%	85%	87%

Bracknell Forest	83%	88%	78%	86%	88%	93%	85%	89%	82%	85%
Reading	79%	83%	73%	78%	82%	87%	81%	86%	79%	83%
Slough	78%	82%	71%	74%	81%	88%	79%	86%	76%	82%
West Berkshire	89%	91%	84%	87%	90%	94%	90%	92%	89%	91%
Windsor & Maidenhead	86%	88%	83%	84%	90%	92%	87%	89%	85%	85%
Wokingham	91%	92%	87%	88%	95%	94%	92%	92%	91%	90%
Milton Keynes	84%	86%	80%	81%	86%	89%	86%	88%	82%	82%
Buckinghamshire	87%	89%	84%	86%	90%	91%	87%	89%	86%	87%
Brighton & Hove	86%	86%	82%	83%	88%	89%	85%	85%	83%	82%
East Sussex	85%	88%	81%	85%	88%	92%	86%	88%	83%	85%
Portsmouth	86%	89%	84%	85%	89%	92%	89%	90%	85%	87%
Southampton	85%	86%	81%	82%	89%	91%	87%	88%	83%	84%
Hampshire	89%	91%	85%	88%	92%	94%	90%	92%	88%	89%
Isle of Wight	85%	89%	81%	86%	88%	93%	89%	92%	83%	87%
Kent	85%	87%	81%	83%	87%	90%	86%	88%	84%	85%
Rochester & Gillingham	84%	88%	80%	85%	85%	89%	85%	88%	81%	84%
Oxfordshire	86%	88%	82%	84%	89%	91%	88%	90%	85%	86%
Surrey	90%	91%	86%	87%	91%	93%	90%	92%	88%	89%
West Sussex	86%	88%	83%	85%	88%	91%	86%	90%	85%	86%

SOUTH WEST GOR	85%	88%	81%	83%	88%	91%	87%	89%	83%	85%

Bath & NE Somerset	86%	91%	83%	88%	90%	94%	86%	91%	85%	90%
Bristol	78%	82%	74%	78%	83%	87%	81%	85%	76%	78%
North Somerset	90%	93%	84%	88%	92%	95%	92%	93%	87%	89%
South Gloucestershire	87%	89%	83%	86%	92%	94%	89%	91%	85%	88%

Cornwall	85%	87%	80%	83%	88%	91%	87%	89%	84%	86%
Isles of Scilly	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Plymouth	84%	86%	80%	82%	88%	90%	87%	88%	82%	84%
Torbay	85%	87%	81%	85%	89%	91%	87%	89%	82%	84%
Devon	85%	88%	81%	83%	87%	91%	86%	90%	83%	85%
Bournemouth	81%	86%	78%	82%	83%	86%	84%	86%	81%	83%
Poole	86%	87%	81%	82%	86%	91%	85%	90%	82%	84%
Dorset	86%	88%	80%	83%	89%	92%	88%	90%	84%	86%
Gloucestershire	85%	88%	80%	83%	88%	91%	87%	89%	85%	87%
Somerset	87%	89%	83%	85%	90%	91%	89%	90%	85%	87%
Swindon	86%	86%	83%	83%	88%	89%	87%	88%	83%	81%
Wiltshire	86%	88%	83%	85%	89%	91%	87%	89%	85%	86%

TOTAL ENGLAND	85%	87%	81%	83%	87%	90%	86%	89%	83%	85%

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Table 8 - Key Stage 1 science teacher assessment results for 1998, analysed by Local Education Authority and gender. Percentage of pupils achieving level 2 or above