Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: London

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
Barking and Dagenham District	52	77	25	53	76	23	59	86	27
Barnet District	70	85	15	68	82	14	70	90	20
Bexley District	67	84	17	64	79	15	63	88	25
Brent District	61	80	19	60	76	16	65	84	19
Bromley District	74	84	10	72	78	6	78	89	11
Camden District	60	78	18	65	76	11	70	88	18
City of London District	80	96	16	80	96	16	77	96	19
Croydon District	63	81	18	61	75	14	67	86	19
Ealing District	61	80	19	60	78	18	64	85	21
Enfield District	59	78	19	58	75	17	64	85	21
Greenwich District	50	73	23	51	72	21	58	84	26
Hackney District	48	73	25	49	66	17	52	77	25
Hammersmith and Fulham District	57	81	24	60	78	18	67	86	19
Haringey District	55	76	21	53	74	21	60	84	24
Harrow District	70	82	12	68	79	11	71	88	17
Havering District	71	84	13	67	81	14	73	91	18
Hillingdon District	66	82	16	66	77	11	71	88	17
Hounslow District	61	79	18	57	77	20	67	88	21
Islington District	56	77	21	57	74	17	65	85	20
Kensington and Chelsea District	67	88	21	66	84	18	76	94	18
Kingston upon Thames District	71	85	14	68	82	14	71	91	20
Lambeth District	52	77	25	52	71	19	57	85	28
Lewisham District	55	76	21	54	74	20	61	86	25
Merton District	58	79	21	55	77	22	62	89	27
Newham District	48	75	27	47	73	26	53	84	31
Redbridge District	64	84	20	59	81	22	65	89	24
Richmond upon Thames District	76	88	12	75	84	9	80	93	13
Southwark District	51	77	26	51	72	21	59	83	24
Sutton District	70	85	15	66	82	16	73	91	18
Tower Hamlets District	46	81	35	50	78	28	55	87	32
Waltham Forest District	57	76	19	54	75	21	60	85	25
Wandsworth District	61	80	19	59	77	18	63	87	24
Westminster District	63	83	20	63	77	14	69	88	19

London Region	60	80	20	59	76	17	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%
London Region	1,589	304	1,592	243

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
London Region	82.2	86.8	4.6

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
London Region	75.1	78.4	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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