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Table 9 - Key Stage 2 test results for 1998, analysed by Local Education Authority and gender. Percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above


  English     Mathematics     Science
  Boys   Girls     Boys   Girls     Boys   Girls

NORTH EAST GOR 54%   71%     58%   59%     69%   68%
                           
Hartlepool 51%   70%     56%   57%     67%   67%
Middlesbrough 52%   66%     53%   51%     67%   64%
Redcar & Cleveland 52%   72%     55%   59%     68%   70%
Stockton on Tees 55%   71%     58%   62%     71%   72%
                           
Darlington 58%   75%     60%   63%     69%   72%
Durham 55%   72%     61%   63%     71%   71%
Northumberland 58%   71%     59%   56%     73%   71%
                           
Tyne & Wear Met County 53%   70%     57%   57%     67%   66%
Gateshead 55%   70%     59%   60%     69%   68%
Newcastle upon Tyne 46%   64%     48%   50%     60%   61%
North Tyneside 57%   73%     60%   57%     72%   68%
South Tyneside 52%   71%     59%   60%     67%   67%
Sunderland 56%   71%     59%   60%     68%   67%
                           
NORTH WEST GOR 58%   73%     60%   59%     69%   68%
                           
Halton 52%   71%     53%   56%     70%   69%
Warrington 64%   78%     65%   64%     72%   71%
Cheshire 62%   77%     66%   66%     74%   74%
Cumbria 58%   75%     62%   61%     73%   72%
                           
Greater Manchester Met County 57%   72%     59%   58%     68%   66%
Bolton 57%   72%     60%   59%     65%   63%
Bury 68%   78%     68%   64%     78%   75%
Manchester 50%   65%     52%   51%     62%   59%
Oldham 51%   66%     54%   52%     62%   62%
Rochdale 53%   68%     55%   56%     65%   63%
Salford 56%   73%     58%   59%     72%   70%
Stockport 62%   77%     64%   64%     74%   72%
Tameside 50%   68%     54%   53%     66%   64%
Trafford 64%   78%     64%   63%     72%   73%
Wigan 60%   76%     63%   61%     71%   69%
                           
Blackburn with Darwin 51%   66%     54%   51%     60%   58%
Blackpool 52%   68%     56%   56%     63%   60%
Lancashire 60%   75%     64%   62%     72%   69%
                           
Merseyside 56%   73%     58%   57%     67%   66%
Knowsley 49%   68%     52%   55%     63%   64%
Liverpool 51%   68%     51%   50%     61%   59%
St Helens 58%   76%     63%   62%     73%   71%
Sefton 67%   80%     68%   65%     76%   75%
Wirral 59%   76%     59%   60%     68%   68%
YORKSHIRE & HUMBER GOR 53%   70%     56%   56%     67%   66%
                           
East Riding of Yorkshire 57%   79%     63%   64%     75%   76%
Kingston upon Hull 45%   61%     50%   49%     64%   61%
North East Lincolnshire 49%   68%     52%   54%     61%   63%
North Lincolnshire 57%   76%     59%   60%     71%   71%
York 64%   75%     66%   64%     77%   74%
North Yorkshire 62%   81%     67%   66%     77%   75%
                           
South Yorkshire Met County 48%   67%     52%   53%     64%   64%
Barnsley 47%   64%     55%   55%     64%   64%
Doncaster 50%   69%     55%   53%     70%   68%
Rotherham 46%   65%     49%   49%     61%   60%
Sheffield 48%   67%     52%   55%     61%   63%
                           
West Yorkshire Met County 53%   69%     55%   54%     66%   63%
Bradford 47%   64%     45%   45%     56%   54%
Calderdale 54%   72%     59%   58%     67%   64%
Kirklees 50%   67%     54%   52%     65%   62%
Leeds 59%   73%     61%   61%     73%   71%
Wakefield 52%   68%     58%   53%     68%   63%
                           
EAST MIDLANDS GOR 54%   71%     58%   56%     69%   67%
                           
Derby 54%   67%     55%   50%     64%   61%
Derbyshire 56%   74%     59%   59%     70%   69%
Leicester 47%   62%     49%   47%     61%   58%
Rutland 63%   81%     65%   66%     74%   77%
Leicestershire 58%   76%     63%   61%     75%   74%
Lincolnshire 57%   74%     61%   60%     70%   68%
Northamptonshire 57%   75%     62%   59%     72%   71%
Nottingham City 39%   54%     43%   38%     51%   50%
Nottinghamshire 54%   70%     58%   55%     69%   67%
                           
WEST MIDLANDS GOR 55%   71%     56%   54%     68%   66%
                           
Hereford 64%   78%     67%   64%     74%   72%
Worcester 57%   75%     57%   56%     69%   68%
The Wrekin 54%   67%     57%   54%     68%   66%
Shropshire 61%   78%     65%   63%     77%   74%
Stoke on Trent 49%   66%     49%   50%     65%   63%
Staffordshire 58%   74%     62%   59%     74%   71%
Warwickshire 57%   74%     60%   59%     73%   71%
                           
West Midlands Met County 52%   68%     53%   51%     64%   62%
Birmingham 52%   67%     54%   51%     63%   62%
Coventry 53%   71%     55%   52%     67%   66%
Dudley 54%   71%     56%   56%     67%   67%
Sandwell 45%   62%     46%   43%     56%   52%
Solihull 65%   81%     68%   68%     76%   76%
Walsall 48%   65%     44%   45%     57%   56%
Wolverhampton 52%   66%     49%   44%     63%   58%
                           
EASTERN GOR 57%   74%     59%   57%     71%   69%
                           
Luton 53%   69%     54%   49%     62%   60%
Bedfordshire 57%   74%     56%   54%     70%   69%
Peterborough 52%   71%     51%   50%     63%   61%
Cambridgeshire 60%   75%     63%   61%     76%   72%
Southend 55%   70%     57%   56%     64%   64%
Thurrock 46%   65%     49%   47%     60%   58%
Essex 57%   74%     59%   57%     69%   68%
Hertfordshire 65%   80%     65%   63%     77%   76%
Norfolk 52%   71%     55%   54%     68%   67%
Suffolk 57%   74%     59%   56%     74%   71%
                           
LONDON GOR 56%   72%     57%   55%     66%   65%
                           
City of London 86%   92%     93%   77%     100%   92%
                           
Inner London Boroughs 48%   66%     51%   49%     59%   60%
Camden 57%   68%     61%   55%     69%   67%
Hackney 44%   62%     46%   49%     53%   55%
Hammersmith & Fulham 51%   70%     56%   53%     66%   67%
Haringey 49%   63%     51%   46%     61%   59%
Islington 48%   68%     51%   51%     60%   63%
Kensington & Chelsea 58%   78%     58%   58%     70%   73%
Lambeth 46%   65%     47%   48%     56%   60%
Lewisham 48%   70%     52%   52%     61%   62%
Newham 43%   59%     46%   43%     54%   54%
Southwark 43%   65%     45%   47%     58%   60%
Tower Hamlets 42%   61%     46%   45%     54%   54%
Wandsworth 56%   73%     57%   54%     65%   64%
City of Westminster 63%   75%     65%   59%     73%   67%
                           
Outer London Boroughs 60%   75%     61%   58%     69%   68%
Barking & Dagenham 49%   72%     53%   54%     65%   68%
Barnet 65%   80%     68%   64%     72%   71%
Bexley 62%   75%     61%   57%     69%   66%
Brent 58%   72%     62%   59%     68%   68%
Bromley 67%   80%     66%   65%     75%   72%
Croydon 58%   74%     58%   57%     66%   67%
Ealing 60%   73%     58%   56%     68%   67%
Enfield 58%   74%     58%   54%     64%   64%
Greenwich 45%   60%     49%   46%     58%   57%
Harrow 67%   80%     65%   65%     74%   72%
Havering 64%   78%     68%   63%     74%   72%
Hillingdon 60%   76%     65%   62%     71%   70%
Hounslow 56%   71%     58%   55%     69%   67%
Kingston upon Thames 67%   79%     68%   67%     78%   75%
Merton 59%   72%     55%   52%     69%   67%
Redbridge 64%   77%     63%   60%     68%   69%
Richmond upon Thames 73%   85%     75%   73%     81%   81%
Sutton 59%   77%     62%   60%     70%   70%
Waltham Forest 54%   67%     54%   48%     65%   60%
                           
SOUTH EAST GOR 59%   75%     61%   60%     73%   72%
                           
Bracknell Forest 62%   77%     63%   62%     77%   74%
Reading 52%   66%     55%   50%     67%   65%
Slough 57%   74%     53%   53%     63%   64%
West Berkshire 63%   81%     62%   65%     76%   77%
Windsor & Maidenhead 65%   84%     65%   68%     75%   78%
Wokingham 67%   83%     73%   71%     82%   82%
Milton Keynes 50%   67%     52%   51%     66%   64%
Buckinghamshire 65%   81%     63%   64%     73%   73%
Brighton & Hove 54%   67%     57%   51%     69%   64%
East Sussex 58%   74%     60%   58%     73%   69%
Portsmouth 51%   66%     53%   49%     64%   64%
Southampton 49%   66%     52%   51%     67%   65%
Hampshire 61%   78%     64%   64%     77%   77%
Isle of Wight 48%   74%     49%   48%     73%   75%
Kent 58%   73%     59%   59%     68%   67%
Rochester & Gillingham 55%   71%     55%   52%     64%   61%
Oxfordshire 59%   74%     62%   60%     74%   73%
Surrey 67%   80%     69%   66%     81%   79%
West Sussex 59%   75%     62%   58%     76%   74%
                           
SOUTH WEST GOR 57%   75%     60%   58%     72%   70%
                           
Bath & NE Somerset 59%   76%     63%   63%     74%   74%
Bristol 46%   64%     49%   45%     60%   58%
North Somerset 61%   80%     64%   64%     78%   78%
South Gloucestershire 59%   77%     64%   62%     75%   73%
                           
Cornwall 57%   76%     62%   62%     74%   73%
Isles of Scilly 86%   100%     86%   86%     100%   100%