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LEA Number : 816 - Name : York, City of

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)English787978758181 (r)
Mathematics747576747978 (r)
Science868885858788 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English323334253428 (r)
Mathematics262930313535 (r)
Science343338404850 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English697171767579(p)
Mathematics697173777780(p)
Science667473747376(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)English304339434041(p)
Mathematics485052555763(p)
Science344539504045(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds) 52.654.256.458.956.659.8 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds) 95.695.895.995.897.597.3 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil ........293.3301.4 (r)
 200020012002200320042005
Numbers of Sure Start Partnerships started since launch001   
Number of City Academies, since Launch  0000
Numbers of Playing for Success Centres Since Launch000000
Numbers of School Achievement Awards      
  19971998199920002001
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds6767528117881617
4 year olds18531821186920401840
Total25292573268028283457
Number of Day Care Places available   485063908150
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds6767528117881617
4 year olds18531821186920401840
Total25292573268028283457
Number of Day Care Places available   485063908150
 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)3,1303,2403,3103,400(p)3,530(p)3,710(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)9462,1632,0582,527 (p)  
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)6,8873,98722,4709,651  
  1998 1999 2000 2001
Participation in education (%age of age group)16767672 
17666561 
Combined717066 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)16888784 
17828075 
Combined858480 
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) ....
Participation in education (%age of age group)16767672 
17666561 
Combined717066 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)16888784 
17828075 
Combined858480 
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) ....

 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01
Number of students in Further Education Colleges16330174701697116745
Number of students in Further Education Colleges16330174701697116745
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)KS124.924.024.325.425.825.5
KS227.627.426.426.626.527.7
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA. 1890016010094
The total number of Pupil Referral Units 122222
  1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences1,3731,9261,756  
authorised absences10,76011,24511,385  
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences1,3242,1491,677  
authorised absences5,7068,7688,793  
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population) 0.060.060.050.050.04
  200020012002200320042005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachersPrimary750650680640630620
Secondary670660650680700700
Special606060606070
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants220250350370400440
Pupil-teacher ratiosPrimary23.322.922.022.022.723.0
Secondary16.916.616.016.016.015.6
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Education

  • Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1020 per pupil in real terms to York Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of 38 per cent.
  • The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has FALLEN from 1074 in 1997 to 94 by January 2005.
  • 300 MORE teaching assistants than in 1997
  • 400 MORE support staff than in 1997
  • Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 75 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 69 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 74 per cent from 68 per cent in 1997.
  • Provisional figures for 2005 show that 81 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 78 per cent in mathematics in York LA.
  • GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in York LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 49 per cent in 1998 to 60 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
  • In 2005 there were 3400 free part-time early education places taken up by 3 and 4 year olds in maintained, private, voluntary and independent providers