Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: North East

Literacy and numeracy at age 11

Key Stage 2 Results: Percentage of Pupils achieving Level 4 or above
National Indicator 76: Reduction in the number of schools where fewer than 55% of pupils achieve level 4 or above in both English and Maths at KS2
National Indicator 93: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
National Indicator 94: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

Key Stage 2 Results: Percentage of Pupils achieving Level 4 or above

	English			Maths			Science
	1997	2007	% points difference	1997	2007	% points difference	1997	2007	% points difference
Darlington LA	67	79	12	66	80	14	73	90	17
Durham LA	62	80	18	65	79	14	71	89	18
Gateshead LA	61	80	19	60	78	18	68	88	20
Hartlepool LA	60	82	22	63	81	18	69	91	22
Middlesbrough LA	55	79	24	57	77	20	66	86	20
Newcastle upon Tyne LA	51	75	24	51	74	23	60	85	25
North Tyneside LA	62	84	22	62	78	16	70	89	19
Northumberland LA	63	79	16	59	73	14	71	88	17
Redcar and Cleveland LA	61	82	21	62	81	19	73	88	15
South Tyneside LA	62	81	19	63	78	15	67	88	21
Stockton-on-Tees LA	60	81	21	62	81	19	70	90	20
Sunderland LA	60	79	19	63	76	13	70	88	18

North East Region	60	80	20	61	78	17	69	88	19

England	63	80	17	62	77	15	68	88	20

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National Indicator 76: Reduction in the number of schools where fewer than 55% of pupils achieve level 4 or above in both English and Maths at KS2

	2005		2007
	Total number of schools	Schools <55%	Total number of schools	Schools <55%
Darlington LA	26	2	27	5
Durham LA	182	32	178	22
Gateshead LA	69	12	64	9
Hartlepool LA	29	5	30	3
Middlesbrough LA	42	13	42	6
Newcastle upon Tyne LA	60	24	66	18
North Tyneside LA	49	5	51	4
Northumberland LA	44	9	43	5
Redcar and Cleveland LA	41	7	44	4
South Tyneside LA	45	6	45	8
Stockton-on-Tees LA	58	9	57	6
Sunderland LA	77	11	76	7

North East Region	722	135	723	97

England	13,565	2,283	13,439	1,797

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National Indicator 93: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

	2005	2007	% points difference
Darlington LA	73.4	85	11.6
Durham LA	76	82.7	6.7
Gateshead LA	79.2	86	6.8
Hartlepool LA	82.7	84.4	1.7
Middlesbrough LA	79.6	81.5	1.9
Newcastle upon Tyne LA	72	80	8.0
North Tyneside LA	76.5	83.2	6.7
Northumberland LA	70.1	75.5	5.4
Redcar and Cleveland LA	79.1	80.8	1.7
South Tyneside LA	74.7	80.9	6.2
Stockton-on-Tees LA	78.2	83.7	5.5
Sunderland LA	79.9	82.9	3.0

North East Region	76.3	81.9	5.6

England	78	83.6	5.6

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National Indicator 94: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

	2005	2007	% points difference
Darlington LA	72.2	79.4	7.2
Durham LA	75.5	77.4	1.9
Gateshead LA	73.7	76.3	2.6
Hartlepool LA	76.7	80.7	4.0
Middlesbrough LA	70.9	75.8	4.9
Newcastle upon Tyne LA	64.9	72.1	7.2
North Tyneside LA	72.3	73.5	1.2
Northumberland LA	66.7	66.3	-0.4
Redcar and Cleveland LA	74.7	80.6	5.9
South Tyneside LA	74.1	75.5	1.4
Stockton-on-Tees LA	76.4	79.9	3.5
Sunderland LA	72	77.2	5.2

North East Region	72.3	75.6	3.3

England	73.3	75.9	2.6

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National Summary

Final figures for 2007 show that 80 per cent of 11 year olds reached the required standard in English up from 63 per cent in 1997. In Mathematics 77 per cent of 11 year olds reached the required standard up from 62 per cent in 1997. In Science 88 per cent of 11 year olds reached the required standard up from 68 per cent in 1997.

In 2007 the number of schools where fewer than 55 per cent of pupils achieve level 4 or above in both English and Maths at Key Stage 2 was 1,797. This compares with 2,283 in 2005.

In 2007 83.6 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. This compares with 78.0 per cent in 2005.

In 2007 75.9 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in Mathematics between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. This compares with 73.3 per cent in 2005.

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