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

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
Derby LA	61	75	14	58	72	14	65	83	18
Derbyshire LA	65	82	17	65	80	15	71	89	18
Leicester LA	52	72	20	54	70	16	59	81	22
Leicestershire LA	66	83	17	65	79	14	73	89	16
Lincolnshire LA	66	81	15	66	78	12	69	87	18
Northamptonshire LA	66	80	14	65	77	12	72	88	16
Nottingham LA	41	73	32	41	72	31	47	83	36
Nottinghamshire LA	60	79	19	61	78	17	67	89	22
Rutland LA	75	87	12	79	83	4	83	91	8

East Midlands Region	62	80	18	62	77	15	68	87	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%
Derby LA	56	14	56	17
Derbyshire LA	232	22	226	14
Leicester LA	70	24	68	22
Leicestershire LA	163	17	164	10
Lincolnshire LA	231	35	219	27
Northamptonshire LA	191	26	193	28
Nottingham LA	72	27	70	19
Nottinghamshire LA	233	36	230	32
Rutland LA	13	0	13	1

East Midlands Region	1,261	201	1,239	170

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
Derby LA	72.4	76.8	4.4
Derbyshire LA	76	80.6	4.6
Leicester LA	74.9	83.7	8.8
Leicestershire LA	77.9	84.2	6.3
Lincolnshire LA	76.6	82.3	5.7
Northamptonshire LA	75.7	79.4	3.7
Nottingham LA	74.8	82.3	7.5
Nottinghamshire LA	75.5	81.2	5.7
Rutland LA	80.8	88.3	7.5

East Midlands Region	75.9	81.5	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
Derby LA	69.1	70.9	1.8
Derbyshire LA	74.3	75.4	1.1
Leicester LA	68.5	73.8	5.3
Leicestershire LA	72.1	76.1	4.0
Lincolnshire LA	72.3	76	3.7
Northamptonshire LA	71.6	71.9	0.3
Nottingham LA	68.8	74	5.2
Nottinghamshire LA	72.9	75.8	2.9
Rutland LA	81	77.9	-3.1

East Midlands Region	72	74.7	2.7

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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