National Curriculum Assessment (Hansard, 24 January 1995)

§ Mr. Richards

A summary of the results submitted is shown in the following table. The results represent 8.2 per cent. of pupils eligible for assessment at the end of key stage 1 and 11.4 per cent. of pupils eligible for assessment at the end of key stage 3. This low level of response means that no statistically valid conclusions can be drawn from the data as regards the whole of Wales.

Table 1: The percentage of pupils achieving level 2 and above at the end of Key Stage 1 (7-year-olds). A typical 7-year-old is expected to be at level 2.
	Tests Per cent.	Teacher Assessments Per cent.
English	¹—	76
Speaking and Listening	¹ߞ	82
Reading	78	77
Writing	66	69
Spelling	69	70
Handwriting	81	81
Mathematics	¹ߞ	77
Using and applying mathematics	¹—	76
Number	79	81
Algebra	¹—	77
Shape and space	¹—	73
Handling data	¹—	75

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Table 1: The percentage of pupils achieving level 2 and above at the end of Key Stage 1 (7-year-olds). A typical 7-year-old is expected to be at level 2.
	Tests Per cent.	Teacher Assessments Per cent.
Science	¹—	84
Scientific investigation	¹—	80
Life and living process	¹—	86
Materials and their properties	¹—	84
Physical processes	¹—	81
Welsh: Insufficient data submitted
¹ Not subject to National Curriculum tests.

Table 2: The percentage of pupils achieving level or above at the end of key stage 3—14-year-olds. A typical 14-year-old is expected to achieve level 5/6
	Tests Per cent.	Teacher assessments Per cent.
English	48	52
Mathematics	53	59
Science	59	66
Welsh: No data submitted	—	—