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LEA Number : 203 - Name : Greenwich

Latest Achievement and Attainment Tables

 - Primary Schools (2006)
 - Secondary Schools - KS3 (2005)
 - Secondary Schools - GCSE (2005)
 - Post-16 (2005)
 - Pilot English and maths (2005)

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Key Statistics

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..Not Available
-Zero or negligible
(p)Provisional data
(r)Revised data
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Key Stage 2 Level 4+ (%age of Pupils)English636468707073 (r)
Mathematics626166676868 (r)
Science787981827981 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English202023232022 (r)
Mathematics171920242424 (r)
Science262530303036 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English505254616365(p)
Mathematics484954616064(p)
Science384651544956(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)English171819272425(p)
Mathematics232628363738(p)
Science131818251920(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds) 32.433.833.535.740.345.3 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds) 93.192.693.293.595.495 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil ........254.7264.2 (r)
 200020012002200320042005
Numbers of Sure Start Partnerships started since launch114   
Number of City Academies, since Launch  0000
Numbers of Playing for Success Centres Since Launch111111
Numbers of School Achievement Awards      
  19971998199920002001
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds19811841188926092565
4 year olds29942884279127512846
Total49754725468053605411
Number of Day Care Places available   531059103650
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds19811841188926092565
4 year olds29942884279127512846
Total49754725468053605411
Number of Day Care Places available   531059103650
 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)4,5804,8005,0105,140(p)5,340(p)5,580(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)1,2952,6972,9053,523 (p)  
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)6,58511,3199,6289,051  
  1998 1999 2000 2001
Participation in education (%age of age group)16626364 
17484948 
Combined555656 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)16727674 
17626361 
Combined677068 
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) ...1400
Participation in education (%age of age group)16626364 
17484948 
Combined555656 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)16727674 
17626361 
Combined677068 
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) ...1400

There are no LEA breakdowns available for LEAs in Inner London so the figures given for each Inner London LEA are an Inner London aggregate


 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01
Number of students in Further Education Colleges604698411386812777
Number of students in Further Education Colleges604698411386812777
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)KS124.824.424.525.424.825.1
KS227.127.026.927.026.827.2
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA. 4069733313062
The total number of Pupil Referral Units 111111
  1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences6,1416,2055,920  
authorised absences15,35715,40714,558  
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences2,8183,3453,715  
authorised absences11,58311,90111,159  
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population) 0.120.110.140.130.25
  200020012002200320042005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachersPrimary1050100096098010301000
Secondary900900970102010201130
Special140130150140140140
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants510650650730750820
Pupil-teacher ratiosPrimary21.421.421.522.822.322.5
Secondary16.616.015.216.416.715.8
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Education

  • Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1680 per pupil in real terms to Greenwich Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of 43 per cent.
  • The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has FALLEN from 805 in 1997 to 62 by January 2005.
  • 460 MORE teaching assistants than in 1997
  • 750 MORE support staff than in 1997
  • Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 70 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 50 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 67 per cent from 51 per cent in 1997.
  • Provisional figures for 2005 show that 73 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 68 per cent in mathematics in Greenwich LA.
  • GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Greenwich LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 33 per cent in 1998 to 44 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
  • In 2005 there were 5600 free part-time early education places taken up by 3 and 4 year olds in maintained, private, voluntary and independent providers