LEA 213 - Westminster

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LEA Number : 213 - Name : Westminster

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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..	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)	English	77	77	77	80	82	81 (r)
	Mathematics	76	76	77	77	77	76 (r)
	Science	87	89	88	87	85	85 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	28	31	29	29	29	28 (r)
	Mathematics	29	28	28	31	33	29 (r)
	Science	40	38	41	38	44	44 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	56	59	62	69	68	73(p)
	Mathematics	58	59	61	65	68	69(p)
	Science	47	53	56	62	59	65(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)	English	25	27	28	33	31	39(p)
	Mathematics	32	34	38	43	45	45(p)
	Science	20	24	23	33	29	34(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds)		36.7	39.2	41.5	44.3	43.9	46.3 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds)		94.7	93.9	94.1	95.1	95.9	96.2 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil		..	..	..	..	264.0	268.4 (r)

		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	727	794	824	1388	1626
	4 year olds	1478	1329	1567	1615	1717
	Total	2205	2123	2391	3003	3343
Number of Day Care Places available				9360	9230	6400
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	727	794	824	1388	1626
	4 year olds	1478	1329	1567	1615	1717
	Total	2205	2123	2391	3003	3343
Number of Day Care Places available				9360	9230	6400

	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)	4,830	5,000	5,210	5,450(p)	5,660(p)	5,790(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)	687	1,469	1,540	1,967 (p)
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)	4,088	3,673	5,644	15,195

		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)		.	.	.	.
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)		.	.	.	.

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	13479	14391	14316	14245
Number of students in Further Education Colleges	13479	14391	14316	14245

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)	KS1	24.9	25.2	24.7	25.7	26.9	27.1
	KS2	26.3	25.8	24.3	26.1	26.2	26.6
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA.		31	0	31	0	30	31
The total number of Pupil Referral Units		0	0	0	1	2	3

		1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	2,623	2,481	2,505
	authorised absences	7,558	7,793	7,668
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	3,066	1,799	2,331
	authorised absences	6,411	6,732	6,417
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population)		0.22	0.16	0.14	0.18	0.24

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers	Primary	600	610	630	620	610	590
	Secondary	590	600	640	660	650	710
	Special	50	50	30	30	30	50
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants		190	190	310	280	330	420
Pupil-teacher ratios	Primary	18.9	20.5	21.4	22.1	22.4	22.5
Pupil-teacher ratios	Secondary	15.1	15.0	15.1	15.6	16.7	15.5

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Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1520 per pupil in real terms to Westminster Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of 36 per cent.
The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has FALLEN from 189 in 1997 to 31 by January 2005.
270 MORE teaching assistants than in 1997
380 MORE support staff than in 1997
Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 80 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 63 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 77 per cent from 63 per cent in 1997.
Provisional figures for 2005 show that 81 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 76 per cent in mathematics in Westminster LA.
GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Westminster LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 35 per cent in 1998 to 45 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
In 2005 there were 3500 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