LEA 820 - Bedfordshire

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LEA Number : 820 - Name : Bedfordshire

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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-	Zero or negligible
(p)	Provisional data
(r)	Revised data

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Key Stage 2 Level 4+ (%age of Pupils)	English	76	77	75	77	79	80 (r)
	Mathematics	69	67	70	71	72	74 (r)
	Science	85	87	86	88	86	86 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	28	28	27	25	27	25 (r)
	Mathematics	22	22	24	25	28	29 (r)
	Science	34	34	37	40	43	47 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	66	66	69	73	72	74(p)
	Mathematics	70	70	70	74	76	76(p)
	Science	65	70	70	72	69	71(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)	English	28	29	30	35	30	29(p)
	Mathematics	45	46	47	53	55	55(p)
	Science	32	35	34	42	34	37(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds)		49.4	49.2	51.2	50.8	51.2	53.4 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds)		95.2	95.3	95.2	95.2	96.6	96.4 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil		..	..	..	..	282.5	286.5 (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	1245	1269	1211	1420
	4 year olds	4704	4898	4974	4908	4888
	Total	6739	6143	6243	6119	6308
Number of Day Care Places available				13200	11300	15300
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	1266	1245	1269	1211	1420
	4 year olds	4704	4898	4974	4908	4888
	Total	6739	6143	6243	6119	6308
Number of Day Care Places available				13200	11300	15300

	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)	3,290	3,470	3,570	3,630(p)	3,790(p)	3,960(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)	3,025	6,214	6,392	8,031 (p)
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)	15,308	36,228	15,471	18,359

		1998	1999	2000	2001
Participation in education (%age of age group)	16	80	79	77
	17	67	66	64
	Combined	73	72	70
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)	16	90	88	89
	17	83	82	78
	Combined	87	85	83
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)		.	.	.	.
Participation in education (%age of age group)	16	80	79	77
	17	67	66	64
	Combined	73	72	70
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)	16	90	88	89
	17	83	82	78
	Combined	87	85	83
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)		.	.	.	.

	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01
Number of students in Further Education Colleges	25041	22263	23388	25946
Number of students in Further Education Colleges	25041	22263	23388	25946

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)	KS1	25.0	23.8	23.5	23.7	24.0	24.1
	KS2	27.5	27.2	26.2	26.3	25.3	26.0
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA.		984	127	220	335	420	252
The total number of Pupil Referral Units		1	4	4	1	1	1

		1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	2,418	2,274	2,047
	authorised absences	18,963	19,361	19,218
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	4,152	4,445	4,405
	authorised absences	30,850	31,980	31,234
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population)		0.09	0.10	0.18	0.17	0.17

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers	Primary	1190	1130	1250	1270	1230	1180
	Secondary	2110	1970	2250	2270	2280	2120
	Special	150	160	170	210	210	290
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants		710	820	950	1,070	1,140	1,240
Pupil-teacher ratios	Primary	23.5	22.9	22.3	22.6	22.8	23.0
Pupil-teacher ratios	Secondary	18.7	18.8	18.4	18.7	18.4	18.7

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Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1090 per pupil in real terms to Bedfordshire 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 3745 in 1998 to 252 by January 2005.
660 MORE teaching assistants than in 1998
990 MORE support staff than in 1998
Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 77 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 65 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 71 per cent from 60 per cent in 1997.
Provisional figures for 2005 show that 80 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 74 per cent in mathematics in Bedfordshire LA.
GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Bedfordshire LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 47 per cent in 1998 to 53 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
In 2005 there were 8500 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