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LEA Number : 201 - Name : City of London

Latest Achievement and Attainment Tables

 - Primary Schools (2006)
 - Secondary Schools - KS3 (2005)
 - Secondary Schools - GCSE (2005)
 - Post-16 (2005)
 - Pilot English and maths (2005)

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Key Statistics

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.Not Applicable
..Not Available
-Zero or negligible
(p)Provisional data
(r)Revised data
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Key Stage 2 Level 4+ (%age of Pupils)English798693978083 (r)
Mathematics757589797374 (r)
Science9396100939796 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English434337312739 (r)
Mathematics362563212030 (r)
Science685081386761 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English.....-(p)
Mathematics.....-(p)
Science.....-(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)English......(p)
Mathematics......(p)
Science......(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds) ...... (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds) ...... (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil ............ (r)
 200020012002200320042005
Numbers of Sure Start Partnerships started since launch000   
Number of City Academies, since Launch  0000
Numbers of Playing for Success Centres Since Launch000000
Numbers of School Achievement Awards      
  19971998199920002001
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds1115111013
4 year olds3031333035
Total4146444048
Number of Day Care Places available   3309301150
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds1115111013
4 year olds3031333035
Total4146444048
Number of Day Care Places available   3309301150
 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)............
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)9242530 (p)  
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)67114142159  
  1998 1999 2000 2001
Participation in education (%age of age group)1669*70*72* 
1758*58*60* 
Combined63*64*66* 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)1678*79*81* 
1768*70*70* 
Combined73*74*75* 
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) ....
Participation in education (%age of age group)1669*70*72* 
1758*58*60* 
Combined63*64*66* 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)1678*79*81* 
1768*70*70* 
Combined73*74*75* 
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) ....

There are no LEA breakdowns available for LEAs in Inner London so the figures given for each Inner London LEA are an Inner London aggregate


 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01
Number of students in Further Education Colleges108898122819127034130784
Number of students in Further Education Colleges108898122819127034130784
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)KS130.030.0..30.029.528.5
KS229.029.5..28.029.530.0
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA. 000000
The total number of Pupil Referral Units 000000
  1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences7560..  
authorised absences168173..  
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences......  
authorised absences......  
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population) 0.450.00-0.000.00
  200020012002200320042005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachersPrimary202020201020
Secondary000000
Special000000
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants---101010
Pupil-teacher ratiosPrimary14.314.7..16.723.216.9
Secondary......
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Education

  • Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £ per pupil in real terms to City of London Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of per cent.
  • The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has N/A from - in 1997 to - by January 2005.
  • 10 MORE teaching assistants than in 1997
  • 0 SAME support staff than in 1997
  • Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 97 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 80 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is down to 79 per cent from 80 per cent in 1997.
  • Provisional figures for 2005 show that 83 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 74 per cent in mathematics in City of London LA.
  • GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in City of London LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is down from N/A per cent in 1998 to N/A per cent in 2005 (provisional).
  • In 2005 there were 40 free part-time early education places taken up by 3 and 4 year olds in maintained, private, voluntary and independent providers