LEA 206 - Islington

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LEA Number : 206 - Name : Islington

Latest Achievement and Attainment Tables

1  - Primary Schools (2006)
2  - Secondary Schools - KS3 (2005)
3  - Secondary Schools - GCSE (2005)
4  - Post-16 (2005)
5  - Pilot English and maths (2005)

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(p)	Provisional data
(r)	Revised data

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Key Stage 2 Level 4+ (%age of Pupils)	English	69	64	68	69	71	74 (r)
	Mathematics	66	65	67	68	68	68 (r)
	Science	80	79	82	80	79	80 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	27	20	23	22	22	23 (r)
	Mathematics	20	19	22	24	26	24 (r)
	Science	31	26	30	31	34	38 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	44	44	51	49	55	63(p)
	Mathematics	42	43	50	57	59	61(p)
	Science	36	39	46	51	46	50(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)	English	13	14	19	12	15	21(p)
	Mathematics	20	21	26	31	34	35(p)
	Science	11	17	18	22	17	19(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds)		26.5	28.7	32.9	38.6	46.0	44.1 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds)		91.7	88.6	88.4	94.9	95.6	95.6 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil		..	..	..	..	255.9	254.9 (r)

		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	1266	1256	1283	2027	2064
	4 year olds	2184	2098	2052	2087	2089
	Total	3450	3354	3335	4114	4153
Number of Day Care Places available				8630	10400	10780
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	1266	1256	1283	2027	2064
	4 year olds	2184	2098	2052	2087	2089
	Total	3450	3354	3335	4114	4153
Number of Day Care Places available				8630	10400	10780

	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)	5,000	5,300	5,450	5,610(p)	5,870(p)	6,140(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)	873	1,986	1,985	2,439 (p)
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)	7,080	4,023	9,144	9,417

		1998	1999	2000	2001
Participation in education (%age of age group)	16	69*	70*	72*
	17	58*	58*	60*
	Combined	63*	64*	66*
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)	16	78*	79*	81*
	17	68*	70*	70*
	Combined	73*	74*	75*
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)		.	.	.	1100
Participation in education (%age of age group)	16	69*	70*	72*
	17	58*	58*	60*
	Combined	63*	64*	66*
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)	16	78*	79*	81*
	17	68*	70*	70*
	Combined	73*	74*	75*
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)		.	.	.	1100

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 Colleges	16765	17761	19341	21468
Number of students in Further Education Colleges	16765	17761	19341	21468

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)	KS1	27.2	26.5	26.7	26.4	25.8	25.7
	KS2	27.6	26.9	26.9	26.7	26.1	26.0
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA.		162	283	124	124	0	31
The total number of Pupil Referral Units		4	3	3	3	5	5

		1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	4,206	4,265	4,443
	authorised absences	11,749	11,718	11,867
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	2,371	2,739	2,360
	authorised absences	6,360	6,833	7,111
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population)		0.08	0.08	0.05	0.08	0.07

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers	Primary	830	700	820	750	760	770
	Secondary	560	520	560	550	590	570
	Special	80	70	80	80	90	100
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants		350	360	350	480	520	560
Pupil-teacher ratios	Primary	21.4	22.2	21.2	22.7	22.3	22.5
Pupil-teacher ratios	Secondary	15.9	15.9	16.1	16.2	16.0	16.2

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Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1920 per pupil in real terms to Islington Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of 46 per cent.
The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has FALLEN from 313 in 1997 to 31 by January 2005.
310 MORE teaching assistants than in 1997
400 MORE support staff than in 1997
Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 69 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 56 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 68 per cent from 57 per cent in 1997.
Provisional figures for 2005 show that 74 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 68 per cent in mathematics in Islington LA.
GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Islington LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 23 per cent in 1998 to 43 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
In 2005 there were 4000 free part-time early education places taken up by 3 and 4 year olds in maintained, private, voluntary and independent providers

Numbers of Sure Start Partnerships started since launch

Number of City Academies, since Launch

Numbers of Playing for Success Centres Since Launch

Numbers of School Achievement Awards