LEA 933 - Somerset

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LEA Number : 933 - Name : Somerset

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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..	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)	English	75	74	74	74	78	77 (r)
	Mathematics	70	69	72	72	73	74 (r)
	Science	85	88	88	88	88	87 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	29	28	28	25	26	24 (r)
	Mathematics	23	24	25	27	28	30 (r)
	Science	32	32	36	41	43	47 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)	English	65	67	70	71	73	75(p)
	Mathematics	69	71	71	74	75	76(p)
	Science	66	72	72	74	70	74(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)	English	31	31	33	37	36	36(p)
	Mathematics	44	45	50	52	54	56(p)
	Science	33	39	36	45	37	40(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds)		55.3	54.7	54.8	54.9	56.4	56.5 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds)		96.8	97.2	97.3	96.0	96.0	96.9 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil		..	..	..	..	289.2	291.4 (r)

		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	472	499	477	474	720
	4 year olds	5204	5666	5509	5928	5404
	Total	5676	6165	5986	6402	6124
Number of Day Care Places available				14000	20800	15700
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA	3 year olds	472	499	477	474	720
	4 year olds	5204	5666	5509	5928	5404
	Total	5676	6165	5986	6402	6124
Number of Day Care Places available				14000	20800	15700

	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)	3,170	3,300	3,370	3,490(p)	3,640(p)	3,780(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)	3,000	6,270	6,456	8,099 (p)
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)	15,948	11,760	16,045	19,249

		1998	1999	2000	2001
Participation in education (%age of age group)	16	73	73	73
	17	60	63	62
	Combined	66	68	68
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)	16	86	85	86
	17	77	80	80
	Combined	81	83	83
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)		.	.	.	.
Participation in education (%age of age group)	16	73	73	73
	17	60	63	62
	Combined	66	68	68
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)	16	86	85	86
	17	77	80	80
	Combined	81	83	83
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 Colleges	41632	41621	41731	47074
Number of students in Further Education Colleges	41632	41621	41731	47074

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)	KS1	26.2	25.5	25.1	25.3	25.6	25.5
	KS2	29.4	28.5	27.1	27.5	27.3	26.9
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA.		1,539	570	62	251	670	563
The total number of Pupil Referral Units		4	4	4	5	13	13

		1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	3,325	3,733	3,856
	authorised absences	30,573	32,194	31,461
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half day	unauthorised absences	3,010	3,169	3,490
	authorised absences	27,499	28,663	29,330
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population)		0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.10

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers	Primary	2240	2180	2120	2130	2230	2220
	Secondary	2290	2330	2510	2530	2430	2480
	Special	260	270	270	240	240	200
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants		710	830	920	990	980	1,100
Pupil-teacher ratios	Primary	23.7	22.9	22.2	22.1	22.2	21.9
Pupil-teacher ratios	Secondary	18.6	18.5	18.2	18.2	18.1	17.9

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Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1020 per pupil in real terms to Somerset 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 4887 in 1997 to 563 by January 2005.
490 MORE teaching assistants than in 1997
1070 MORE support staff than in 1997
Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 74 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 67 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 72 per cent from 63 per cent in 1997.
Provisional figures for 2005 show that 77 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 74 per cent in mathematics in Somerset LA.
GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Somerset LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 51 per cent in 1998 to 56 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
In 2005 there were 9100 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