LEA 316 - Newham

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LEA Number : 316 - Name : Newham

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	64	65	63	68	71	75 (r)
	Mathematics	63	64	68	67	70	72 (r)
	Science	77	81	80	81	82	84 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	17	17	16	20	20	19 (r)
	Mathematics	18	18	22	22	26	26 (r)
	Science	30	27	31	29	35	39 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	47	53	56	55	63	66(p)
	Mathematics	44	51	53	60	62	65(p)
	Science	35	46	50	53	53	55(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)	English	14	22	20	20	24	24(p)
	Mathematics	23	27	31	37	39	42(p)
	Science	13	18	18	25	23	22(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds)		36.3	39.1	42.4	45.8	49.4	51.1 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds)		100.0	97.6	99.4	98.0	98.2	98.6 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil		..	..	..	..	283.3	288.1 (r)

		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	2030	2103	3189	3910	3857
	4 year olds	3759	3890	3882	4131	3947
	Total	5789	5993	7071	8041	7804
Number of Day Care Places available				9540	18980	19780
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	2030	2103	3189	3910	3857
	4 year olds	3759	3890	3882	4131	3947
	Total	5789	5993	7071	8041	7804
Number of Day Care Places available				9540	18980	19780

	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)	4,330	4,610	4,740	4,850(p)	5,040(p)	5,250(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)	1,315	3,309	3,467	4,384 (p)
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)	12,673	38,635	14,093	50,660

		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)		.	.	.	2500
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)		.	.	.	2500

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	17920	19096	19722	25915
Number of students in Further Education Colleges	17920	19096	19722	25915

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)	KS1	27.8	28.2	28.2	28.1	27.4	27.1
	KS2	29.0	28.7	28.5	28.3	27.8	27.4
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA.		503	220	0	0	30	31
The total number of Pupil Referral Units		1	1	1	1	1	2

		1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	12,319	12,254	11,584
	authorised absences	22,142	22,416	22,587
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	7,622	7,831	7,363
	authorised absences	15,098	14,856	15,324
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population)		0.07	0.07	0.10	0.13	0.16

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers	Primary	1360	1260	1290	1330	1510	1490
	Secondary	1130	1110	1170	1190	1200	1230
	Special	60	60	60	50	70	110
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants		500	960	720	1,070	1,190	1,300
Pupil-teacher ratios	Primary	24.7	24.5	23.8	24.9	24.5	22.3
Pupil-teacher ratios	Secondary	16.6	15.8	16.5	16.7	16.6	16.0

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Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1420 per pupil in real terms to Newham Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of 37 per cent.
The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has FALLEN from 1262 in 1997 to 31 by January 2005.
1020 MORE teaching assistants than in 1997
1570 MORE support staff than in 1997
Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 68 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 48 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 67 per cent from 47 per cent in 1997.
Provisional figures for 2005 show that 75 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 72 per cent in mathematics in Newham LA.
GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Newham LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 34 per cent in 1998 to 50 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
In 2005 there were 7800 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