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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
Barnsley Central Constituency	51	74	23	55	72	17	62	84	22
Barnsley East and Mexborough Constituency	55	74	19	59	71	12	64	86	22
Barnsley West and Penistone Constituency	61	79	18	60	75	15	70	86	16
Batley and Spen Constituency	56	80	24	57	76	19	63	88	25
Beverley and Holderness Constituency	68	86	18	66	80	14	74	92	18
Bradford North Constituency	52	71	19	48	69	21	60	79	19
Bradford South Constituency	49	74	25	47	72	25	53	84	31
Bradford West Constituency	41	71	30	34	71	37	48	80	32
Brigg and Goole Constituency	65	82	17	68	79	11	75	90	15
Calder Valley Constituency	64	87	23	66	83	17	67	91	24
City of York Constituency	61	80	19	60	77	17	66	86	20
Cleethorpes Constituency	66	83	17	66	81	15	73	90	17
Colne Valley Constituency	64	86	22	65	83	18	73	91	18
Dewsbury Constituency	53	76	23	53	74	21	61	83	22
Don Valley Constituency	61	79	18	64	78	14	79	87	8
Doncaster Central Constituency	56	78	22	53	78	25	62	88	26
Doncaster North Constituency	53	79	26	52	74	22	65	88	23
East Yorkshire Constituency	67	82	15	66	81	15	71	89	18
Elmet Constituency	71	85	14	70	81	11	78	90	12
Great Grimsby Constituency	50	73	23	48	70	22	53	84	31
Halifax Constituency	56	82	26	57	78	21	62	89	27
Haltemprice and Howden Constituency	69	87	18	70	83	13	79	93	14
Harrogate and Knaresborough Constituency	76	88	12	73	83	10	78	91	13
Hemsworth Constituency	57	73	16	58	75	17	69	88	19
Huddersfield Constituency	51	75	24	50	69	19	61	82	21
Keighley Constituency	63	80	17	59	75	16	68	85	17
Kingston upon Hull East Constituency	51	76	25	55	76	21	64	88	24
Kingston upon Hull North Constituency	50	74	24	49	75	26	59	87	28
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Constituency	50	73	23	53	73	20	59	85	26
Leeds Central Constituency	50	74	24	50	70	20	60	80	20
Leeds East Constituency	54	73	19	55	72	17	64	82	18
Leeds North East Constituency	69	85	16	69	80	11	74	88	14
Leeds North West Constituency	75	87	12	69	81	12	78	91	13
Leeds West Constituency	51	76	25	48	71	23	59	82	23
Morley and Rothwell Constituency	65	81	16	66	78	12	79	88	9
Normanton Constituency	63	85	22	62	83	21	73	92	19
Pontefract and Castleford Constituency	58	75	17	61	76	15	69	84	15
Pudsey Constituency	76	87	11	75	84	9	83	93	10
Richmond (Yorks) Constituency	71	83	12	71	83	12	75	90	15
Rother Valley Constituency	60	79	19	63	76	13	71	86	15
Rotherham Constituency	52	69	17	53	66	13	62	79	17
Ryedale Constituency	72	82	10	70	79	9	76	89	13
Scarborough and Whitby Constituency	70	81	11	68	76	8	74	88	14
Scunthorpe Constituency	57	76	19	59	71	12	71	84	13
Selby Constituency	72	86	14	74	85	11	79	93	14
Sheffield Central Constituency	46	62	16	45	59	14	49	74	25
Sheffield, Attercliffe Constituency	55	78	23	52	72	20	63	88	25
Sheffield, Brightside Constituency	41	59	18	41	58	17	49	73	24
Sheffield, Hallam Constituency	76	90	14	78	86	8	83	94	11
Sheffield, Heeley Constituency	55	73	18	58	70	12	63	85	22
Sheffield, Hillsborough Constituency	62	81	19	64	78	14	70	89	19
Shipley Constituency	68	84	16	66	82	16	76	90	14
Skipton and Ripon Constituency	74	86	12	72	84	12	80	91	11
Vale of York Constituency	76	87	11	76	84	8	81	91	10
Wakefield Constituency	62	79	17	60	79	19	67	88	21
Wentworth Constituency	57	79	22	57	75	18	66	88	22

Yorkshire and The Humber Region	60	79	19	60	76	16	67	87	20

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%
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	1,516	292	1,490	221

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
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	76.2	81.7	5.5

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
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	71.8	74.8	3.0

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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