Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: West 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
Birmingham LA	57	76	19	55	73	18	61	84	23
Coventry LA	60	78	18	58	74	16	65	86	21
Dudley LA	61	79	18	58	74	16	66	87	21
Herefordshire LA	70	81	11	69	77	8	75	88	13
Sandwell LA	52	76	24	46	73	27	51	84	33
Shropshire LA	67	82	15	65	79	14	71	89	18
Solihull LA	70	86	16	69	82	13	73	93	20
Staffordshire LA	66	81	15	65	78	13	72	90	18
Stoke-on-Trent LA	57	74	17	54	74	20	63	84	21
Telford and Wrekin LA	55	78	23	54	74	20	62	86	24
Walsall LA	56	78	22	52	75	23	59	87	28
Warwickshire LA	65	84	19	61	79	18	67	90	23
Wolverhampton LA	60	77	17	51	72	21	59	85	26
Worcestershire LA	64	80	16	58	75	17	68	88	20

West Midlands Region	61	79	18	58	76	18	65	87	22

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%
Birmingham LA	272	72	274	66
Coventry LA	82	21	83	18
Dudley LA	82	17	78	12
Herefordshire LA	65	6	62	5
Sandwell LA	85	32	83	18
Shropshire LA	98	10	91	8
Solihull LA	53	6	52	3
Staffordshire LA	221	26	223	24
Stoke-on-Trent LA	66	22	65	13
Telford and Wrekin LA	47	9	48	9
Walsall LA	79	21	77	15
Warwickshire LA	156	15	156	15
Wolverhampton LA	72	20	72	12
Worcestershire LA	102	12	86	12

West Midlands Region	1,480	289	1,450	230

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
Birmingham LA	77.3	83.5	6.2
Coventry LA	76.1	82.1	6.0
Dudley LA	76.1	84.4	8.3
Herefordshire LA	80	84.8	4.8
Sandwell LA	80	86.1	6.1
Shropshire LA	80	85.4	5.4
Solihull LA	76.5	82.4	5.9
Staffordshire LA	75.2	82.8	7.6
Stoke-on-Trent LA	70.1	80.4	10.3
Telford and Wrekin LA	73.7	81.4	7.7
Walsall LA	79.1	83.6	4.5
Warwickshire LA	78.9	86	7.1
Wolverhampton LA	77	84.2	7.2
Worcestershire LA	76.8	80	3.2

West Midlands Region	77	83.4	6.4

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
Birmingham LA	70.4	73.8	3.4
Coventry LA	73.3	73.7	0.4
Dudley LA	71.2	74.1	2.9
Herefordshire LA	73.1	77.3	4.2
Sandwell LA	70.4	76.5	6.1
Shropshire LA	74.8	76.4	1.6
Solihull LA	76.1	76.6	0.5
Staffordshire LA	74.3	76.1	1.8
Stoke-on-Trent LA	65.6	74.2	8.6
Telford and Wrekin LA	68.6	71.5	2.9
Walsall LA	69.4	76.5	7.1
Warwickshire LA	76.5	76.2	-0.3
Wolverhampton LA	67.7	74.7	7.0
Worcestershire LA	71.4	71.7	0.3

West Midlands Region	71.9	74.8	2.9

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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