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

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
Bedfordshire LA	65	81	16	60	76	16	70	89	19
Cambridgeshire LA	66	83	17	66	80	14	73	89	16
Essex LA	64	80	16	63	77	14	69	88	19
Hertfordshire LA	72	85	13	68	82	14	76	91	15
Luton LA	58	76	18	54	69	15	62	84	22
Norfolk LA	62	77	15	60	75	15	65	86	21
Peterborough LA	55	77	22	53	77	24	60	87	27
Southend on Sea LA	59	79	20	59	77	18	63	88	25
Suffolk LA	64	79	15	62	75	13	71	87	16
Thurrock LA	53	75	22	48	71	23	55	87	32

East of England Region	65	80	15	62	77	15	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%
Bedfordshire LA	40	6	39	4
Cambridgeshire LA	172	10	164	11
Essex LA	370	57	367	45
Hertfordshire LA	333	21	328	24
Luton LA	38	14	37	10
Norfolk LA	210	35	203	26
Peterborough LA	53	16	52	10
Southend on Sea LA	26	6	28	5
Suffolk LA	129	17	123	12
Thurrock LA	36	8	37	8

East of England Region	1,407	190	1,378	155

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
Bedfordshire LA	74.6	80.2	5.6
Cambridgeshire LA	80.4	85	4.6
Essex LA	77.3	82	4.7
Hertfordshire LA	80.9	86.2	5.3
Luton LA	76.2	81.4	5.2
Norfolk LA	74.1	79.4	5.3
Peterborough LA	76.2	80.4	4.2
Southend on Sea LA	77.4	83.4	6.0
Suffolk LA	75.1	80.3	5.2
Thurrock LA	76.4	82.8	6.4

East of England Region	77.3	82.4	5.1

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
Bedfordshire LA	70.3	71.6	1.3
Cambridgeshire LA	76.4	77.8	1.4
Essex LA	74.2	76.3	2.1
Hertfordshire LA	79.2	80.4	1.2
Luton LA	69.7	68.8	-0.9
Norfolk LA	68.6	72	3.4
Peterborough LA	73.5	76.7	3.2
Southend on Sea LA	74.4	75.5	1.1
Suffolk LA	67.8	70.8	3.0
Thurrock LA	66.3	71.6	5.3

East of England Region	73.1	75.2	2.1

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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