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LEA Number : 887 - Name : Medway

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)English716972707276 (r)
Mathematics676369676869 (r)
Science808283837884 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English242425212324 (r)
Mathematics222126252727 (r)
Science252531343240 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English646865667075(p)
Mathematics676766707274(p)
Science606563676369(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)English334134353339(p)
Mathematics434546485055(p)
Science323531393339(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds) 43.747.849.152.750.151.9 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds) 95.196.196.497.098.497.9 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil ........281.2284.8 (r)
 200020012002200320042005
Numbers of Sure Start Partnerships started since launch111   
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 olds3153073594212531
4 year olds29623226330032673231
Total32773533365936885762
Number of Day Care Places available   990087409220
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds3153073594212531
4 year olds29623226330032673231
Total32773533365936885762
Number of Day Care Places available   990087409220
 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)3,2903,4503,5703,630(p)3,790(p)3,920(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)1,5813,4183,4934,342 (p)  
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)11,25511,58413,96518,252  
  1998 1999 2000 2001
Participation in education (%age of age group)16748178 
17585762 
Combined666970 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)16848986 
17757174 
Combined798080 
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) ....
Participation in education (%age of age group)16748178 
17585762 
Combined666970 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)16848986 
17757174 
Combined798080 
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 Colleges27901312222884816080
Number of students in Further Education Colleges27901312222884816080
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)KS126.026.025.925.825.725.5
KS228.428.327.627.526.927.1
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA. 50600313031
The total number of Pupil Referral Units 122343
  1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences3,3373,7813,067  
authorised absences20,38620,37219,927  
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences2,6392,7212,211  
authorised absences16,02116,31616,754  
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population) 0.170.190.250.150.20
  200020012002200320042005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachersPrimary114010901040119011301190
Secondary102010001060129013301230
Special7090100509080
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants670830710830900960
Pupil-teacher ratiosPrimary23.623.422.923.622.922.5
Secondary17.417.317.017.718.117.6
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Education

  • Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1010 per pupil in real terms to Medway Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of 35 per cent.
  • The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has FALLEN from 3470 in 1999 to 31 by January 2005.
  • 520 MORE teaching assistants than in 1999
  • 750 MORE support staff than in 1999
  • Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 70 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 60 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 67 per cent from 58 per cent in 1997.
  • Provisional figures for 2005 show that 76 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 69 per cent in mathematics in Medway LA.
  • GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Medway LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 44 per cent in 1998 to 52 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
  • In 2005 there were 5500 free part-time early education places taken up by 3 and 4 year olds in maintained, private, voluntary and independent providers