LEA 821 - Luton

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LEA Number : 821 - Name : Luton

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	72	71	70	72	73	71 (r)
	Mathematics	65	63	67	66	65	67 (r)
	Science	82	83	83	83	82	82 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	22	21	22	22	20	16 (r)
	Mathematics	18	19	19	22	22	22 (r)
	Science	33	28	33	36	34	39 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	59	58	60	58	61	70(p)
	Mathematics	58	60	59	62	66	67(p)
	Science	48	56	56	58	58	61(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)	English	19	24	23	22	22	24(p)
	Mathematics	32	34	36	39	41	43(p)
	Science	17	22	22	27	23	27(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds)		39.7	38.2	39.5	41.5	43.8	49.9 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds)		96.8	95.6	95.9	95.3	96.9	97 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil		..	..	..	..	265.6	271.3 (r)

		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	769	889	966	954	1971
	4 year olds	2674	2681	2631	2706	2643
	Total	2674	3570	3597	3660	4614
Number of Day Care Places available				3220	3360	4640
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	769	889	966	954	1971
	4 year olds	2674	2681	2631	2706	2643
	Total	2674	3570	3597	3660	4614
Number of Day Care Places available				3220	3360	4640

	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)	3,570	3,750	3,870	4,040(p)	4,200(p)	4,400(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)	1,118	2,443	2,493	3,114 (p)
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)	7,560	4,557	6,251	11,734

		1998	1999	2000	2001
Participation in education (%age of age group)	16	68	71	69
	17	55	57	56
	Combined	61	64	62
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)	16	77	83	80
	17	70	74	71
	Combined	73	78	76
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)		.	.	.	1800
Participation in education (%age of age group)	16	68	71	69
	17	55	57	56
	Combined	61	64	62
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)	16	77	83	80
	17	70	74	71
	Combined	73	78	76
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)		.	.	.	1800

	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01
Number of students in Further Education Colleges	19396	15413	18318	19617
Number of students in Further Education Colleges	19396	15413	18318	19617

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)	KS1	27.2	26.4	26.0	26.6	27.1	26.9
	KS2	26.4	26.1	26.4	26.8	27.3	27.1
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA.		1,439	347	67	97	30	31
The total number of Pupil Referral Units		1	1	1	1	2	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	3,490	4,002	3,626
	authorised absences	14,637	15,280	15,382
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	2,574	1,999	1,891
	authorised absences	11,125	11,567	11,784
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population)		0.05	0.06	0.09	0.05	0.11

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers	Primary	930	870	910	940	920	990
	Secondary	740	740	780	830	820	820
	Special	50	50	50	40	70	70
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants		430	530	560	620	720	780
Pupil-teacher ratios	Primary	22.3	22.9	22.7	23.5	23.5	23.4
Pupil-teacher ratios	Secondary	17.3	17.9	18.0	17.9	17.7	18.5

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Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1240 per pupil in real terms to Luton Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of 39 per cent.
The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has FALLEN from 1963 in 1998 to 31 by January 2005.
490 MORE teaching assistants than in 1998
790 MORE support staff than in 1998
Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 72 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 58 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 66 per cent from 54 per cent in 1997.
Provisional figures for 2005 show that 71 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 67 per cent in mathematics in Luton LA.
GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Luton LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 35 per cent in 1998 to 49 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
In 2005 there were 4800 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