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

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
Blackburn with Darwen LA	59	77	18	58	75	17	63	85	22
Blackpool LA	61	78	17	60	76	16	64	87	23
Bolton LA	63	81	18	63	77	14	67	88	21
Bury LA	72	83	11	74	81	7	77	89	12
Cheshire LA	70	84	14	70	81	11	75	90	15
Cumbria LA	66	83	17	66	81	15	73	91	18
Halton LA	61	82	21	58	77	19	63	88	25
Knowsley LA	54	77	23	57	75	18	62	87	25
Lancashire LA	65	81	16	66	79	13	69	88	19
Liverpool LA	56	77	21	55	73	18	61	84	23
Manchester LA	55	74	19	54	74	20	59	84	25
Oldham LA	57	80	23	57	78	21	63	86	23
Rochdale LA	58	79	21	59	77	18	69	86	17
Salford LA	60	80	20	63	78	15	70	88	18
Sefton LA	71	85	14	70	82	12	78	92	14
St Helens LA	66	81	15	62	79	17	72	90	18
Stockport LA	69	84	15	70	81	11	74	91	17
Tameside LA	58	81	23	55	77	22	64	89	25
Trafford LA	68	86	18	64	84	20	69	91	22
Warrington LA	65	84	19	64	82	18	69	92	23
Wigan LA	64	81	17	64	80	16	73	89	16
Wirral LA	65	82	17	63	77	14	69	89	20

North West Region	63	81	18	63	79	16	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%
Blackburn with Darwen LA	50	13	48	10
Blackpool LA	26	5	29	3
Bolton LA	98	12	95	12
Bury LA	63	6	63	6
Cheshire LA	231	26	226	27
Cumbria LA	181	20	170	16
Halton LA	49	9	46	8
Knowsley LA	55	10	53	5
Lancashire LA	427	52	417	55
Liverpool LA	112	33	115	30
Manchester LA	131	40	128	33
Oldham LA	82	19	82	5
Rochdale LA	72	16	70	12
Salford LA	82	14	80	11
Sefton LA	75	5	74	2
St Helens LA	54	5	53	6
Stockport LA	81	12	83	6
Tameside LA	72	6	71	6
Trafford LA	63	5	60	6
Warrington LA	67	6	67	7
Wigan LA	103	19	101	11
Wirral LA	90	16	89	11

North West Region	2,264	349	2,220	288

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
Blackburn with Darwen LA	78.4	81.8	3.4
Blackpool LA	80.1	82.3	2.2
Bolton LA	80.3	84.4	4.1
Bury LA	79.9	84.4	4.5
Cheshire LA	78.7	83.9	5.2
Cumbria LA	78.3	83.8	5.5
Halton LA	76.8	83.8	7.0
Knowsley LA	77.9	81.4	3.5
Lancashire LA	79.2	83.3	4.1
Liverpool LA	75.4	82.9	7.5
Manchester LA	78	84.3	6.3
Oldham LA	78.9	86.9	8.0
Rochdale LA	79.3	84.1	4.8
Salford LA	79.1	82.2	3.1
Sefton LA	81.4	87.6	6.2
St Helens LA	78.9	81.1	2.2
Stockport LA	79.6	83.3	3.7
Tameside LA	78.8	83.6	4.8
Trafford LA	81.7	86	4.3
Warrington LA	78.2	83.4	5.2
Wigan LA	79.3	85.6	6.3
Wirral LA	78.5	83.8	5.3

North West Region	78.9	83.9	5.0

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
Blackburn with Darwen LA	73.4	75.9	2.5
Blackpool LA	77.6	74.9	-2.7
Bolton LA	76.6	75.9	-0.7
Bury LA	77.5	80.8	3.3
Cheshire LA	76	79.1	3.1
Cumbria LA	74.1	79.1	5.0
Halton LA	72.1	77.8	5.7
Knowsley LA	70.5	75.1	4.6
Lancashire LA	75.6	76.2	0.6
Liverpool LA	70.3	72.7	2.4
Manchester LA	72.7	77.7	5.0
Oldham LA	76	79.1	3.1
Rochdale LA	76.2	77.8	1.6
Salford LA	75	75.8	0.8
Sefton LA	76.9	79.8	2.9
St Helens LA	73.6	78.9	5.3
Stockport LA	76.1	79.5	3.4
Tameside LA	73.9	75	1.1
Trafford LA	81.2	82.7	1.5
Warrington LA	78.4	76.2	-2.2
Wigan LA	77.1	78.8	1.7
Wirral LA	71.2	74.8	3.6

North West Region	75	77.3	2.3

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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