Table 1a - Key Stage 1 test results for 1998, analysed by Local Education Authority. Percentage of pupils achieving level 2B or above


LEA	Reading	Writing	Mathematics

NORTH EAST GOR	61	48	62

Hartlepool	60	44	65
Middlesbrough	56	40	58
Redcar & Cleveland	58	44	59
Stockton on Tees	63	49	66

Darlington	64	52	63
Durham	62	50	64
Northumberland	66	56	65

Tyne & Wear Met County	59	47	61
Gateshead	57	42	60
Newcastle upon Tyne	60	48	63
North Tyneside	63	51	60
South Tyneside	60	42	61
Sunderland	58	49	59

NORTH WEST GOR	63	48	61

Halton	60	46	59
Warrington	68	55	67
Cheshire	68	54	66
Cumbria	65	52	64

Greater Manchester Met County	61	47	60
Bolton	59	44	55
Bury	64	48	65
Manchester	53	41	55
Oldham	58	46	60
Rochdale	59	44	60
Salford	62	48	61
Stockport	69	56	68
Tameside	60	45	56
Trafford	69	52	61
Wigan	63	49	62

Blackburn with Darwin	56	41	56
Blackpool	57	43	55
Lancashire	62	48	59

Merseyside	64	49	62
Knowsley	59	45	59
Liverpool	61	47	60
St Helens	67	51	62
Sefton	65	49	65
Wirral	67	52	64

YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE GOR	61	47	60

East Riding of Yorkshire	66	52	62
Kingston upon Hull	52	36	54
North East Lincolnshire	56	43	54
North Lincolnshire	63	52	66
York	66	53	66
North Yorkshire	69	56	67

South Yorkshire Met county	57	45	57
Barnsley	55	40	55
Doncaster	59	49	61
Rotherham	55	42	52
Sheffield	57	46	58

West Yorkshire Met County	61	47	60
Bradford	60	45	59
Calderdale	64	47	63
Kirklees	60	46	58
Leeds	63	48	61
Wakefield	61	49	58

EAST MIDLANDS GOR	61	48	60

Derby	56	48	57
Derbyshire	65	52	62
Leicester	49	36	49
Rutland	72	57	66
Leicestershire	65	51	66
Lincolshire	65	52	63
Northamptonshire	64	53	63
Nottingham City	46	33	43
Nottinghamshire	60	47	59

WEST MIDLANDS GOR	62	49	59

Hereford	65	49	59
Worcester	65	50	61
The Wrekin	60	52	65
Shropshire	68	56	68
Stoke on Trent	58	44	55
Staffordshire	66	54	65
Warwickshire	65	49	61

West Midlands Met County	60	47	57
Birmingham	59	47	56
Coventry	60	49	59
Dudley	61	51	59
Sandwell	54	39	50
Solihull	72	59	67
Walsall	56	41	55
Wolverhampton	60	42	54

EASTERN GOR	63	50	61

Luton	54	42	51
Bedfordshire	66	54	64
Peterborough	55	39	54
Cambridgeshire	64	50	62
Southend	62	50	59
Thurrock	56	43	53
Essex	62	49	60
Hertfordshire	67	56	65
Norfolk	60	47	60
Suffolk	62	49	61

LONDON GOR	60	46	60

City of London	58	33	38

Inner London Boroughs	56	42	57

Camden	58	44	59
Hackney	52	38	54
Hammersmith and Fulham	60	46	61
Haringey	58	45	59
Islington	60	44	57
Kensington and chelsea	61	44	62
Lambeth	55	42	55
Lewisham	57	43	58
Newham	49	36	51
Southwark	57	43	58
Tower Hamlets	48	37	56
Wandsworth	66	51	60
City of Westminster	59	43	55

Outer London Boroughs	62	48	62

Barking & Dagenham	54	36	58
Barnet	64	50	62
Bexley	63	53	61
Brent	60	46	58
Bromley	69	56	66
Croydon	65	49	62
Ealing	60	48	60
Enfield	61	49	61
Greenwich	53	36	51
Harrow	65	56	66
Havering	64	51	62
Hillingdon	58	43	62
Hounslow	58	46	59
Kingson upon Thames	65	58	68
Merton	63	51	61
Redbridge	64	51	63
Richmond upon Thames	73	60	71
Sutton	65	51	67
Waltham Forest	57	40	59

SOUTH EAST GOR	64	49	63

Bracknell Forest	61	46	62
Reading	55	40	58
Slough	61	43	52
West Berkshire	65	48	68
Windsor & Maidenhead	69	53	68
Wokingham	72	56	72
Milton Keynes	57	42	56
Buckinghamshire	68	57	66
Brighton & Hove	55	39	59
East Sussex	62	47	62
Portsmouth	59	44	63
Southampton	55	42	58
Hampshire	65	51	67
Isle of Wight	63	48	62
Kent	62	48	60
Rochester & Gillingham	59	45	58
Oxfordshire	63	50	61
Surrey	69	56	68
West Sussex	64	51	65

SOUTH WEST GOR	62	47	60

Bath & NE Somerset	65	52	61
Bristol	59	39	56
North Somerset	67	50	66
South Gloucestershire	66	50	65

Cornwall	61	41	59
Isles of Scilly	68	63	74

Plymouth	57	41	57
Torbay	60	47	62
Devon	61	45	62
Bournemouth	60	47	55
Poole	60	50	59
Dorset	64	48	60
Gloucestershire	65	52	61
Somerset	64	51	62
Swindon	60	48	59
Wiltshire	65	52	62

TOTAL ENGLAND	62	48	61

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Table 1a - Key Stage 1 test results for 1998, analysed by Local Education Authority. Percentage of pupils achieving level 2B or above