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

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
Berwick-upon-Tweed Constituency	61	82	21	57	78	21	66	90	24
Bishop Auckland Constituency	65	81	16	66	81	15	74	90	16
Blaydon Constituency	72	80	8	71	78	7	81	88	7
Blyth Valley Constituency	59	75	16	57	69	12	68	86	18
City of Durham Constituency	67	86	19	68	82	14	74	90	16
Darlington Constituency	65	77	12	65	78	13	71	89	18
Easington Constituency	57	74	17	61	74	13	67	86	19
Gateshead East and Washington West Constituency	59	82	23	61	79	18	67	90	23
Hartlepool Constituency	60	82	22	63	81	18	69	91	22
Hexham Constituency	73	87	14	69	81	12	83	95	12
Houghton and Washington East Constituency	56	82	26	60	77	17	69	89	20
Jarrow Constituency	59	79	20	61	78	17	64	88	24
Middlesbrough Constituency	52	77	25	54	75	21	64	85	21
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Constituency	64	82	18	66	81	15	73	89	16
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Constituency	50	76	26	54	73	19	61	84	23
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Constituency	51	76	25	51	76	25	61	87	26
Newcastle upon Tyne North Constituency	57	80	23	54	78	24	66	90	24
North Durham Constituency	64	84	20	67	82	15	72	91	19
North Tyneside Constituency	59	86	27	61	79	18	72	91	19
North West Durham Constituency	62	80	18	66	76	10	71	87	16
Redcar Constituency	59	81	22	59	81	22	71	87	16
Sedgefield Constituency	60	80	20	64	80	16	71	89	18
South Shields Constituency	63	82	19	64	78	14	69	88	19
Stockton North Constituency	54	77	23	55	77	22	67	87	20
Stockton South Constituency	66	85	19	70	85	15	74	93	19
Sunderland North Constituency	60	79	19	61	75	14	67	86	19
Sunderland South Constituency	61	75	14	63	77	14	71	87	16
Tyne Bridge Constituency	43	69	26	44	67	23	49	79	30
Tynemouth Constituency	66	85	19	64	80	16	70	88	18
Wansbeck Constituency	58	74	16	54	67	13	65	83	18

North East Region	60	80	20	61	78	17	69	88	19

England	63	80	17	62	77	15	68	88	20

CSV export Export into CSV

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%
North East Region	722	135	723	97

England	13,565	2,283	13,439	1,797

CSV export Export into CSV

National Indicator 93: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

	2005	2007	% points difference
North East Region	76.3	81.9	5.6

England	78	83.6	5.6

CSV export Export into CSV

National Indicator 94: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

	2005	2007	% points difference
North East Region	72.3	75.6	3.3

England	73.3	75.9	2.6

CSV export Export into CSV

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.

Share this information?