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LEA Number : 202 - Name : Camden

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 Available
-Zero or negligible
(p)Provisional data
(r)Revised data
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Key Stage 2 Level 4+ (%age of Pupils)English727672787779 (r)
Mathematics707370747373 (r)
Science838885888686 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English262929252627 (r)
Mathematics252624272928 (r)
Science343537404144 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English646466687375(p)
Mathematics596263657071(p)
Science556065656366(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)English273433333835(p)
Mathematics353941424748(p)
Science263334363231(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds) 51.050.348.449.954.251.4 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds) 94.195.993.995.296.196.6 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil ........287.2278.8 (r)
 200020012002200320042005
Numbers of Sure Start Partnerships started since launch124   
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 olds80289092816851633
4 year olds18081526204618742075
Total26102416297435593707
Number of Day Care Places available   112301133010940
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds80289092816851633
4 year olds18081526204618742075
Total26102416297435593707
Number of Day Care Places available   112301133010940
 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)4,9705,2105,4005,610(p)5,890(p)6,020(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)8981,8711,9052,273 (p)  
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)5,8454,93726,15112,152  
  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) ...1000
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) ...1000

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 Colleges1718910
Number of students in Further Education Colleges1718910
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)KS127.627.928.127.727.427.0
KS227.227.126.726.527.227.0
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA. 9393310031
The total number of Pupil Referral Units 222234
  1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences2,6333,5033,596  
authorised absences7,2828,6038,813  
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences1,7742,0931,985  
authorised absences8,0968,0018,169  
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population) 0.100.150.120.150.11
  200020012002200320042005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachersPrimary680550580610610600
Secondary670780850680700710
Special100100140170100160
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants300360440470550580
Pupil-teacher ratiosPrimary21.020.920.321.421.521.6
Secondary15.615.316.014.815.715.0
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Education

  • Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1610 per pupil in real terms to Camden Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of 37 per cent.
  • The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has FALLEN from 222 in 1997 to 31 by January 2005.
  • 380 MORE teaching assistants than in 1997
  • 500 MORE support staff than in 1997
  • Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 78 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 60 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 74 per cent from 65 per cent in 1997.
  • Provisional figures for 2005 show that 79 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 73 per cent in mathematics in Camden LA.
  • GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Camden LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 46 per cent in 1998 to 51 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
  • In 2005 there were 3900 free part-time early education places taken up by 3 and 4 year olds in maintained, private, voluntary and independent providers