England: Analysis of National Curriculum Tests 1994–1997

HL Deb 16 March 1998 vol 587 cc128-88WA

Baroness Blatch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for England showing for all state schools, independent and all schools taken together, the percentage of all 7 year-old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 passing National Curriculum tests at level 2 or better together with the average level attained per pupils and the corresponding average subject age of pupils, calculated using the relationship between expected National Curriculum level and actual pupil age published by the Department for Education and Employment, in the following subjects; mathematics, reading (where appropriate, showing data separately for the reading task and the reading comprehension test) and writing, showing separately for the state schools the percentages and averages for local education authority schools, voluntary schools (including together voluntary controlled, voluntary aided and special agreement schools) and grant-maintained schools showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 7 year-old pupils. [HL866]

Baroness Blackstone

The attached tables present the information requested for (i) reading, (ii) writing, and (iii) mathematics for 1994 to 1997 for boys and girls separately. The department does not collect individual pupil data at Key Stage 1 and therefore cannot calculate the age standardised levels attained.

Table 2: Average level attained by 7 year-olds in the reading test/task
	1997	1996	1995	1994
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.2	2.0	1.9	2.1	2.0
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.1
Grant Maintained	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.1
All Maintained schools	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.2	2.1
Independent School	2.4	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.6
All schools	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.0	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.2	2.1

Table 3: Percentage of 7 year-olds attaining level 2 and above in the writing test
Per cent.
	1997	1996	1995	1994
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	73	83	78	72	83	77	73	83	78	58	72	65
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	80	89	84	79	88	83	80	88	84	65	77	71
Grant Maintained	82	90	86	82	89	85	81	89	85	77	77	71
All Maintained schools	75	85	80	74	85	79	75	85	80	61	74	67
Independent School	94	97	96	95	97	96	96	99	97	88	95	92
All schools	75	85	80	74	85	79	75	85	80	61	74	67

Table 4: Average level attained by 7 year-olds in the writing test
	1997	1996	1995	1994
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.9	1.8
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.9	1.8
Grant Maintained	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.8	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.8	2.0	1.9
All Maintained schools	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.9	1.8
Independent School	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.3
All schools	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.9	1.8

Table 5: Percentage of seven year-olds attaining level 2 and above in the mathematics test
Per cent.
	1997	1996	1995	1994
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	80	84	82	79	82	80	75	79	77	78	82	80
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	86	89	87	85	87	86	82	84	83	83	86	85
Grant Maintained	87	89	88	86	87	87	83	86	84	82	87	84
All Maintained schools	82	85	84	81	83	82	77	80	79	80	83	81
Independent School	97	98	97	96	97	96	96	97	97	95	97	96
All schools	82	85	84	81	84	82	77	81	79	80	83	82

Table 6: Average level attained by seven year-olds in the mathematics test
	1997	1996	1995	1994
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1
Grant Maintained	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
All Maintained schools	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Independent School	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5
All schools	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0

Table 7: Number of Schools and 7 year-olds participating in the Key Stage 1 assessment tests
	1997	1996	1995	1994
	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils
LEA Maintained	10,333	426,601	10,325	418,396	10,159	419,060	4,982	186,266
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	5,841	163,529	5,851	159,446	5,815	159,231	3,640	90,139
Grant Maintained	392	16,481	363	15,176	329	13,975	165	7,240
All Maintained schools	16,566	606,611	16,539	593,018	16,303	592.266	8,787	283,645
Independent school	274	5,765	235	4,960	211	4,444	162	3,465
All schools	16,840	612.376	16,774	597,978	16,514	596,710	8,949	287,110

Baroness Blatch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for England derived from the results of the National Curriculum tests for Key Stage 1 for each of the years 1994 to 1997 showing for each current (1997) local education authority the total number of 7 year-old pupils in state primary schools, the number of such 7 year-old pupils obtaining each of the levels 3, 2A, 2B, 2C and 1, together with the number of pupils failing to achieve level 1 for whatever reason and the average level

Table 1—Key Stage 1 reading test results for 1995, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
City of London	1	0	0	0	15	6	0	1	5	7	1.7
Camden	42	15	7	37	354	564	272	197	95	481	2.0
Greenwich	71	44	5	80	829	1,250	477	548	225	763	1.9
Hackney	56	51	32	71	673	912	343	376	193	517	1.8
Hammersmith & Fulham	40	6	17	26	306	612	243	249	120	360	2.0
Islington	52	26	7	41	561	843	347	336	160	676	2.0
Kensington & Chelsea	26	5	7	6	157	421	135	212	74	285	2.1
Lambeth	73	20	6	67	577	1,086	408	457	221	673	2.0
Lewisham	70	16	12	50	784	1,180	445	498	237	878	2.0
Southwark	71	27	6	59	776	1,261	430	551	280	881	2.0
Tower Hamlets	65	28	13	84	922	1,136	365	487	284	560	1.8
Wandsworth	63	7	7	51	455	1,013	400	395	218	781	2.1
Westminster	39	16	13	24	223	606	215	280	111	395	2.1
Barking	38	6	13	18	555	1,110	366	497	247	609	2.0
Barnet	74	11	15	52	623	1,439	580	647	212	1,197	2.1
Bexley	60	5	0	38	567	1,305	527	586	192	1,029	2.1
Brent	52	18	8	68	573	1,400	615	571	214	794	2.0
Bromley	68	6	2	16	515	1,430	596	655	179	1,549	2.3
Croydon	71	12	5	36	585	1.738	706	753	279	1,483	2.2
Ealing	65	20	13	72	725	1,469	615	598	256	1,133	2.1
Enfield	60	14	17	61	685	1,533	609	624	300	1,143	2.1
Haringey	56	17	11	83	644	1,164	412	497	255	860	2.0
Harrow	39	12	15	34	374	1,196	554	440	202	909	2.2
Havering	54	5	0	23	470	1,401	592	615	194	1,088	2.2
Hillingdon	54	10	8	32	667	1,366	527	571	268	998	2.1
Hounslow	45	12	18	52	594	1,254	563	476	215	671	2.0
Kingston upon Thames	30	6	3	14	229	731	329	277	125	501	2.2
Merton	40	9	2	35	361	888	340	352	196	686	2.1
Newham	61	38	5	128	1,042	1,590	573	625	392	764	1.8
Redbridge	45	10	6	45	497	1,296	550	571	175	1,030	2.1
Richmond upon Thames	34	6	0	6	182	691	321	274	96	814	2.4
Sutton	33	4	5	11	337	953	408	418	127	824	2.2
Waltham Forest	48	32	7	68	774	1,315	477	555	283	709	1.9
Birmingham	295	97	66	230	3,739	6,223	2.236	2,752	1,235	4,172	2.0
Coventry	93	12	9	71	916	1.801	793	700	308	1,329	2.1
Dudley	87	16	28	38	849	1.786	751	767	268	1,173	2.0
Sandwell	102	29	16	72	1,163	1.858	699	814	345	1,031	1.9
Solihull	58	4	1	12	471	1,102	464	519	119	1,182	2.2
Walsall	89	14	6	45	917	1,504	568	649	287	1,176	2.0
Wolverhampton	83	16	5	52	769	1,549	659	652	238	1,015	2.0
Knowsley	65	5	8	35	547	1,157	492	465	200	624	2.0
Liverpool	149	31	24	77	1,459	3,021	1,269	1,200	552	1.874	2.0
St. Helens	65	12	6	19	457	1,151	494	487	170	770	2.1

attained per pupil for each of the tests for mathematics, reading (where appropriate, showing data separately for the reading task and the reading comprehension test) and writing. [HL863]

Baroness Blackstone

The attached tables show the information requested for 1995, 1996 and 1997, In 1994, around a half of all maintained schools participated in the Key Stage 1 National Curriculum assessment tests and therefore estimates at local education authority level are not reliable.

Table 1—Key Stage I reading test results for 1995, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Sefton	86	11	7	16	483	1,638	697	696	245	1,350	2.2
Wirral	84	10	1	30	545	1.848	794	761	293	1,305	2.2
Bolton	106	13	3	53	750	1.704	778	643	283	1,158	2.1
Bury	68	4	7	31	362	1,102	453	483	166	905	2.2
Manchester	157	59	39	147	1,631	2,788	974	1,159	655	1,497	1.9
Oldham	84	27	3	59	811	1,318	513	560	245	862	2.0
Rochdale	82	19	16	50	727	1,374	541	581	252	907	2.0
Salford	88	15	5	37	689	1,407	554	584	268	970	2.1
Stockport	95	5	6	28	606	1.708	784	685	239	1,418	2.2
Tamcside	81	21	4	45	669	1,410	529	618	263	1,013	2.1
Trafford	69	7	10	38	471	1,185	495	494	196	1,079	2.2
Wigan	123	10	4	64	732	1.965	838	771	356	1,310	2.1
Barnsley	85	12	9	25	770	1,379	528	598	253	761	2.0
Doncaster	99	13	9	43	856	1.852	696	804	352	1,274	2.1
Rotherham	89	2	1	44	862	1,525	549	694	282	972	2.0
Sheffield	130	33	14	102	1,623	2,803	1,055	1,132	616	1,659	2.0
Bradford	125	38	25	57	1,154	2.210	866	961	383	1,382	2.0
Calderdale	82	11	0	16	622	1,163	509	454	200	938	2.1
Kirklees	136	38	7	102	1,283	2.241	868	961	412	1,584	2.0
Leeds	239	36	19	133	1.869	3,987	1,624	1,673	690	3,166	2.1
Wakefield	115	8	9	58	936	1.953	845	818	290	1,283	2.0
Gateshead	76	3	10	33	492	1,135	404	512	219	783	2.1
Newcastle upon Tyne	79	17	26	35	727	1,411	573	566	272	991	2.0
North Tyneside	62	16	3	18	432	1,172	475	500	197	813	2.1
South Tyneside	52	8	15	46	457	1,014	408	435	171	593	2.0
Sunderland	91	11	11	58	916	1.804	716	752	336	1,253	2.0
Isles of Scilly	3	0	1	0	3	7	4	0	3	17	2.4
Bath & NE Somerset	61	4	2	6	345	754	333	312	109	680	2.2
City of Bristol	102	25	25	89	1,191	2.110	854	830	426	1,288	2.0
North Somerset	57	4	2	14	298	965	424	379	162	792	2.2
South Gloucestershire	81	7	4	25	544	1,351	531	559	261	1,150	2.2
Hartlepool	32	7	9	11	282	611	244	250	117	396	2.0
Middlesbrough	44	7	8	35	565	955	390	386	179	553	1.9
Redcar and Cleveland	51	1	15	13	426	1,010	428	394	188	589	2.1
Stockton on Tees	57	7	12	39	460	1,116	423	467	226	822	2.1
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	19	3	79	1,195	1,674	742	654	278	830	1.9
East Riding of Yorkshire	122	11	20	12	504	1.764	808	685	271	1,368	2.2
North East Lincolnshire	44	5	1	25	610	1,201	570	465	166	585	2.0
North Lincolnshire	60	3	5	21	398	907	404	353	150	698	2.1
North Yorkshire	316	5	6	41	924	2,804	1,143	1,171	490	2,598	2.2
City of York	51	5	0	17	370	854	336	361	157	745	2.2
Bedfordshire	134	17	10	48	741	2.066	827	906	333	1,484	2.1
Luton	37	20	7	38	662	1,234	490	510	234	674	2.0
Buckinghamshire	168	9	21	52	857	2.335	1,093	885	357	2.067	2.2
Milton Keynes	66	13	10	28	691	1,150	408	476	266	885	2.0
Derbyshire	277	13	17	35	1,327	3,635	1,555	1,442	638	2,739	2.2
Derby City	54	13	19	23	579	1,127	392	524	211	891	2.1
Dorset	129	5	11	16	683	1.809	756	732	321	1,556	2.2
Poole	23	2	2	14	343	668	303	277	88	537	2.1
Bournemouth	21	3	15	6	252	544	208	212	124	477	2.1
Durham	219	15	17	65	1,314	2,847	1,122	1,210	515	1.934	2.1
Darlington	30	13	11	6	208	646	276	274	96	425	2.1
East Sussex	144	18	5	27	892	2.339	937	986	416	1.942	2.2
Brighton and Hove	47	7	4	29	573	1,135	425	495	215	715	2.0
Hampshire	322	16	9	107	2,496	6,466	2,431	2,838	1,197	5,610	2.2
Portsmouth	36	7	0	14	581	1,040	400	465	175	686	2.0
Southampton	49	5	1	46	783	1,312	465	579	268	648	1.9
Leicestershire	226	9	24	57	1,308	3,348	1,361	1,420	567	2,490	2.1
Leicester City	70	31	13	98	1,301	1.872	682	758	432	817	1.8
Rutland	17	0	0	2	45	175	85	64	26	150	2.3
Staffordshire	309	7	13	73	1.836	4,670	1.963	1.953	754	3,623	2.2
Stoke-on-Trent	83	10	7	65	923	1,611	618	723	270	838	1.9
Wiltshire	203	7	13	34	783	2.168	916	833	419	1.892	2.2
Swindon	48	2	15	19	512	1,051	447	434	170	837	2.1
Berkshire	223	29	15	111	1.825	4,263	1.763	1.741	759	3,404	2.1
Cambridgeshire	209	30	5	57	1,429	3,331	1,410	1,396	525	2,652	2.1
Cheshire	401	18	5	133	2.172	5,562	2,409	2.296	857	4,779	2.2
Cornwall	234	12	25	35	1,013	2,777	1,163	1,138	476	2.098	2.2

Table 1—Key Stage 1 reading lest results for 1995, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Cumbria	251	15	17	40	1,069	2,502	1,054	1,101	347	2.085	2.2
Devon	414	32	66	82	2.325	5,935	2,514	2,494	927	3,856	2.1
Essex	485	60	33	151	3,866	8,672	3,464	3,875	1,333	6,568	2.1
Gloucestershire	237	16	28	58	1,102	2,906	1,289	1,207	410	2.393	2.2
Hereford and Worcester	282	16	32	50	1,423	3,806	1,624	1,599	583	3,136	2.2
Hertfordshire	386	34	20	113	2.037	5,651	2.262	2,408	981	4,891	2.2
Isle of Wight	26	1	0	8	152	390	157	160	73	258	2.1
Kent	505	46	50	212	3,722	8,617	3,467	3,665	1,485	7,044	2.1
Lancashire	580	115	20	205	4,086	8,508	3,942	3,337	1,229	5,757	2.1
Lincolnshire	286	6	12	62	1,302	3,389	1,370	1,519	500	2,703	2.2
Norfolk	318	7	31	93	1.748	4,036	1,608	1.701	727	2,649	2.1
Northamptonshire	231	15	14	48	1,555	3,669	1,509	1,562	598	2,828	2.1
Northumberland	146	1	17	21	598	1.771	689	719	363	1,356	2.2
Nottinghamshire	221	42	11	33	492	1,044	448	451	145	763	2.0
Oxfordshire	181	7	10	49	929	2.171	915	894	362	1.719	2.1
Shropshire	188	16	19	53	1,038	2.222	831	1,000	391	1.923	2.1
Somerset	218	15	1	43	956	2,757	1,126	1,153	478	2.083	2.2
Suffolk	255	10	11	72	1,601	3,805	1,594	1,565	646	2,570	2.1
Surrey	272	9	31	80	1,681	4,835	1.931	2.024	880	4,318	2.2
Warwickshire	192	5	4	57	1,125	2,611	1,123	1,081	407	2.251	2.2
West Sussex	214	21	29	60	1,457	3,715	1,462	1,673	580	3,090	2.2
NATIONAL	16,208	2.127	1,580	6,762	118,901	264,683	107,749	111,110	45,824	195,822	2.1

Table 2—Key Stage 1 reading lest results for 1996, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No, of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
City of London	1	0	0	4	3	8	0	2	6	13	2.1
Camden	41	18	16	69	292	650	164	251	235	420	1.9
Greenwich	70	17	11	194	682	1,384	361	531	492	645	1.8
Hackney	58	13	42	197	573	901	249	302	350	547	1.8
Hammersmith & Fulham	37	5	14	56	220	596	149	209	238	335	2.0
Islington	52	17	11	102	435	954	241	360	353	570	1.9
Kensington and Chelsea	26	0	2	39	153	408	105	156	147	267	2.0
Lambeth	71	15	25	133	541	1,162	295	426	441	679	1.9
Lewisham	70	7	9	126	626	1,323	363	472	488	831	2.0
Southwark	72	12	24	134	602	1,374	399	465	510	822	2.0
Tower Hamlets	64	20	24	167	737	1,256	325	462	469	490	1.8
Wandsworth	63	6	9	62	375	1,119	308	436	375	706	2.1
Westminster	40	13	28	47	210	622	165	227	230	366	2.0
Barking	38	14	3	100	507	1,095	287	348	460	567	1.9
Barnet	75	10	25	98	528	1,474	403	564	507	1,133	2.1
Bexley	60	2	4	76	493	1,487	399	600	488	971	2.1
Brent	52	17	2	204	483	1,420	438	516	466	666	1.9
Bromley	69	4	3	90	450	1,558	426	616	516	1,346	2.2
Croydon	72	10	11	115	636	1.927	462	814	651	1,410	2.1
Ealing	65	18	24	167	615	1,511	402	562	547	978	2.0
Enfield	60	15	26	169	638	1,617	445	588	584	1,001	2.0
Haringey	56	23	20	179	567	1,192	327	476	389	738	1.9
Harrow	39	8	8	65	341	1,207	288	460	459	836	2.1
Havering	53	3	2	54	458	1,581	456	560	565	868	2.1
Hillingdon	54	7	19	137	682	1,425	267	536	622	789	1.9
Hounslow	46	9	14	109	587	1,229	322	471	436	613	1.9
Kingston upon Thames	30	1	4	43	284	728	207	264	257	453	2.0
Merton	40	3	1	64	348	943	260	347	336	633	2.1
Sewham	61	36	12	290	1,014	1.731	388	629	714	655	1.7
Redbridge	45	17	8	106	492	1,382	361	526	495	827	2.0
Richmond upon Thames	34	4	5	19	171	709	215	258	236	742	2.3
Sutton	33	1	9	40	325	944	215	395	334	695	2.1
Waltham Forest	49	14	16	186	632	1,316	288	470	558	746	1.9
Birmingham	294	102	58	582	3,001	6,455	1,623	2.397	2,435	4,076	2.0
Coventry	93	15	7	152	780	1.928	460	711	757	1,234	2.0
Dudley	87	6	18	123	845	1.964	515	731	718	997	2.0
Sandwell	100	32	26	236	951	2.097	592	729	776	870	1.8
Solihull	61	1	17	43	377	1,286	375	502	409	1,080	2.2
Walsail	87	17	16	127	789	1,659	455	556	648	972	2.0
Wolverhampton	81	6	6	135	612	1,694	417	628	649	878	2.0

Table 2—Key Stage I reading test results for 1996, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Knowsley	64	9	13	92	557	1,248	346	445	457	548	1.9
Liverpool	149	15	38	216	1,243	3,079	834	1,109	1,136	1.755	2.0
St, Helens	60	5	10	81	370	1,117	381	431	305	718	2.1
Sefton	91	9	17	93	545	1.827	488	722	617	1,165	2.1
Wirral	92	13	4	74	669	2.024	507	821	696	1,266	2.1
Bolton	107	19	3	160	696	1.732	491	618	623	1,075	2.0
Bury	68	6	9	98	386	1,110	276	436	398	790	2.1
Manchester	153	36	52	360	1,431	2,633	645	935	1,053	1,363	1.8
Oldham	88	23	10	156	724	1,533	408	578	547	824	1.9
Rochdale	83	18	9	121	701	1,389	371	502	516	727	1.9
Salford	88	10	17	95	642	1,478	412	504	562	854	2.0
Stockport	95	5	9	90	588	1,682	486	660	536	1,189	2.1
Tameside	80	10	6	108	588	1,549	453	539	557	826	2.0
Trafford	67	9	5	52	443	1,206	344	447	415	929	2.1
Wigan	121	16	1	141	685	2.143	644	734	765	1,019	2.0
Barnsley	84	8	6	82	639	1,425	354	533	538	629	1.9
Doncaster	100	7	3	154	779	1.999	537	716	746	1,010	2.0
Rotherham	91	1	9	143	738	1,663	378	660	625	841	1.9
Sheffield	130	15	20	231	1,446	3,033	785	1,061	1,187	1,372	1.9
Bradford	149	48	19	210	1,286	2,867	717	1,020	1,130	1,444	1.9
Calderdale	83	6	10	70	401	1,404	438	550	416	773	2.1
Kirklees	136	13	11	253	1,060	2.284	535	884	865	1,302	1.9
Leeds	240	28	33	293	1.746	4,285	1,115	1,585	1,585	2,819	2.0
Wakefield	115	1	29	124	792	2.136	582	816	738	1,056	2.0
Gateshead	76	8	2	109	423	1,260	335	419	506	628	2.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	80	11	26	151	649	1,414	342	511	561	786	1.9
North Tyneside	61	1	2	61	419	1,264	312	476	476	672	2.1
South Tyneside	49	3	6	68	364	1,013	270	395	348	530	2.0
Sunderland	89	6	8	169	749	1.920	470	718	732	1,000	2.0
Isles of Scilly	4	0	0	0	4	10	3	3	4	8	2.2
Bath and NE Somerset	61	4	4	48	316	849	231	339	279	659	2.1
City of Bristol	102	25	21	259	1,081	2.227	571	797	859	975	1.8
North Somerset	58	3	0	53	340	1,060	279	404	377	664	2.1
South Gloucestershire	84	6	37	57	518	1,601	416	603	582	1,002	2.1
Hartlepool	32	17	1	41	250	655	179	233	243	333	2.0
Middlesbrough	47	5	15	117	457	1,028	296	330	402	454	1.9
Redcar and Cleveland	51	1	10	54	385	1,029	285	340	404	469	2.0
Stockton on Tees	60	3	8	100	419	1,224	317	450	457	683	2.0
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	22	3	199	1,037	1,659	454	583	622	726	1.8
East Riding of Yorkshire	124	10	5	62	516	1.815	604	663	548	1,182	2.1
North East Lincolnshire	46	1	7	76	507	1,204	347	452	405	532	1.9
North Lincolnshire	57	4	2	57	347	863	240	322	301	587	2.1
North Yorkshire	313	7	11	119	889	3,129	869	1,207	1,053	2.254	2.2
City of York	51	3	1	39	312	985	301	337	347	663	2.1
Bedfordshire	146	14	15	114	747	2.392	664	907	821	1,529	2.1
Luton	39	12	10	119	592	1,350	367	490	493	580	1.9
Buckinghamshire	169	13	19	163	794	2,592	759	919	914	2.046	2.2
Milton Keynes	69	4	7	102	620	1,298	373	461	464	775	2.0
Derbyshire	308	15	43	176	1,388	4,535	1,231	1,680	1,624	2,516	2.1
Derby City	59	5	15	104	605	1,500	358	586	556	833	2.0
Dorset	129	5	13	67	587	2.058	516	752	790	1,242	2.1
Poole	23	1	2	49	259	787	187	316	284	450	2.1
Bournemouth	23	4	10	36	306	702	175	258	269	463	2.0
Durham	222	8	18	190	1,137	2,958	795	1,119	1,044	1,580	2.0
Darlington	30	8	9	35	213	643	154	255	234	383	2.1
East Sussex	147	4	13	146	971	2,501	723	895	883	1,560	2.1
Brighton and Hove	49	17	13	97	608	1,169	353	428	388	622	1.9
Hampshire	337	28	35	384	2,521	6,853	1.700	2,720	2,433	5,156	2.1
Portsmouth	37	5	11	75	492	1,083	234	398	451	591	2.0
Southampton	51	8	7	148	705	1,255	310	468	477	575	1.8
Leicestershire	225	3	32	183	1,239	3,599	1,014	1,278	1,307	2.239	2.1
Leicester City	72	24	20	307	1,117	1.885	485	750	650	677	1.7
Rutland	17	1	0	4	52	170	57	53	50	113	2.2
Staffordshire	311	8	29	213	1,643	4,916	1,235	1.848	1.833	3,270	2.1
Stoke-on-Trent	84	11	7	159	760	1,627	507	558	562	789	1.9
Wiltshire	207	4	14	118	898	2,454	596	954	904	1.724	2.1
Swindon	52	3	12	57	497	1,159	310	425	424	667	2.0
Berkshire	235	20	30	267	1,676	4,512	1,244	1,647	1,621	3,063	2.1

Table 2—Key Stage 1 reading lest results for 1996, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Cambridgeshire	231	24	46	244	1,449	3,859	1,052	1,432	1,375	2,572	2.1
Cheshire	402	21	9	336	1.989	6,146	1,621	2.397	2.128	4,181	2.1
Cornwall	234	11	33	142	1,029	2,825	807	1,023	995	1,668	2.0
Cumbria	251	9	19	126	964	2,832	804	1,035	993	1.705	2.1
Devon	410	21	47	291	2.218	6,327	1,598	2.320	2.309	3,129	2.0
Essex	486	34	51	532	3,696	9,472	2,667	3,482	3,323	5,753	2.0
Gloucestershire	238	13	23	170	1,136	3,309	875	1,292	1,142	2.070	2.1
Hereford and Worcester	279	15	33	207	1,335	4,295	1,195	1,564	1,536	2,668	2.1
Hertfordshire	388	24	23	325	1,749	5,972	1,686	2,181	2,105	4,547	2.2
Isle of Wight	48	2	1	29	268	722	195	266	261	394	2.0
Kent	506	30	50	619	3,692	8,987	2,362	3,381	3,244	6,204	2.1
Lancashire	577	96	63	566	3,351	8,989	2,514	3,170	3,305	4,607	2.0
Lincolnshire	288	15	15	185	1,234	3,575	930	1,323	1,322	2,384	2.1
Norfolk	324	5	24	237	1,631	4,331	1,143	1,609	1,579	2,361	2.0
Northamptonshire	231	10	19	207	1,444	3,959	1,039	1,471	1,449	2,530	2.1
Northumberland	149	1	11	92	563	1,861	506	719	636	1,099	2.1
Nottinghamshire	270	28	19	99	586	1,399	405	510	484	707	1.9
Oxfordshire	231	11	34	171	1,208	3,199	871	1,211	1,117	2,073	2.1
Shropshire	189	8	24	158	945	2,519	731	892	896	1,563	2.1
Somerset	219	4	25	141	955	3,039	824	1,123	1,092	1,710	2.1
Suffolk	254	8	14	211	1,612	3,897	1,100	1,468	1,329	2,306	2.0
Surrey	273	8	41	228	1,507	5,121	1,410	1,991	1,720	4,055	2.2
Warwickshire	193	10	11	153	1,011	2,990	836	1,113	1,041	1,930	2.1
West Sussex	214	6	65	209	1,374	3,874	1,065	1,389	1,420	2,817	2.1
NATIONAL	16,489	1,647	2,175	19,366	109,665	285,868	76,748	105,978	103,142	173,142	2.0

Table 3—Key Stage I reading task results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	X	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	Average level
City of London	1	1	0	0	6	10	12	3	6	3	1.2
Camden	42	368	8	26	81	261	758	246	274	238	1.6
Greenwich	70	594	14	23	175	610	1,450	414	498	538	1.5
Hackney	54	442	28	30	128	571	1,101	329	423	349	1.5
Hammersmith & Fulham	39	315	8	6	53	213	650	199	249	202	1.6
Islington	52	526	7	25	99	402	1,122	337	417	368	1.6
Kensington & Chelsea	26	237	2	1	33	137	479	116	181	182	1.7
Lambeth	70	657	17	46	103	411	1,317	352	474	491	1.6
Lewisham	70	705	10	7	168	573	1,502	421	553	528	1.6
Southwark	72	694	8	14	173	516	1,585	491	587	507	1.6
Tower Hamlets	67	455	33	21	187	666	1,418	449	483	486	1.5
Wandsworth	63	637	12	5	84	315	1,222	372	446	404	1.7
Westminster	40	286	7	18	60	175	704	219	240	245	1.6
Barking	36	507	8	13	87	452	1,227	325	412	490	1.6
Barnet	75	932	19	22	102	480	1,914	579	762	573	1.7
Bexley	60	891	5	6	67	463	1,646	511	581	554	1.7
Brent	53	608	16	7	141	457	1,613	511	570	532	1.6
Bromley	69	1,263	2	4	101	442	1,713	575	644	494	1.7
Croydon	72	1,364	12	26	90	547	2,167	613	870	684	1.7
Ealing	65	886	19	38	131	554	1,809	523	745	541	1.6
Enfield	61	996	9	39	146	560	1,814	562	690	562	1.6
Haringey	56	659	22	6	173	518	1,386	408	509	469	1.6
Harrow	38	671	15	12	73	315	1,343	357	529	457	1.7
Havering	54	748	1	5	46	399	1,731	540	641	550	1.8
Hillingdon	54	860	4	13	107	520	1,602	307	612	683	1.7
Hounslow	46	486	7	15	130	500	1,290	365	500	425	1.6
Kingston upon Thames	30	472	4	2	34	205	821	221	342	258	1.7
Merton	40	563	8	8	67	327	1,013	316	388	309	1.7
Newham	60	586	42	33	236	906	2,024	550	680	794	1.5
Redbridge	45	786	21	8	108	435	1,556	475	549	532	1.7
Richmond upon Thames	32	732	2	11	19	154	707	207	285	215	1.8
Sutton	34	635	2	14	56	293	1,014	264	370	380	1.7
Waltham Forest	50	640	16	38	127	532	1,633	464	569	600	1.6
Birmingham	295	3,512	97	81	542	2,653	7,578	2,288	2,615	2,675	1.6
Coventry	93	950	25	14	160	722	2,290	805	758	727	1.7
Dudley	87	925	14	20	110	735	2,210	702	804	704	1.7
Sandwell	101	764	23	21	195	906	2,218	705	751	762	1.6

Table 3—Key Stage 1 reading task results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	X	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	Average level
Solihull	61	994	2	17	56	364	1,496	526	560	410	1.7
Walsall	89	816	13	19	127	676	1,991	547	695	749	1.6
Wolverhampton	82	794	9	3	107	566	1,875	556	705	614	1.7
Knowsley	63	587	3	6	62	439	1,389	427	506	456	1.7
Liverpool	145	1,544	13	20	200	1,125	3,441	1,104	1,194	1,143	1.7
St. Helens	61	659	8	8	67	255	1,339	568	457	314	1.7
Sefton	92	1,061	12	17	67	517	2,045	591	821	633	1.7
Wirral	94	1,193	17	4	91	485	2,346	740	864	742	1.8
Bolton	107	899	23	5	140	645	2,101	706	711	684	1.7
Bury	68	687	3	12	81	323	1,307	362	533	412	1.7
Manchester	149	1,158	32	35	301	1,239	3,176	925	1,139	1,112	1.6
Oldham	89	747	18	16	131	619	1,713	445	624	644	1.6
Rochdale	81	645	25	15	120	621	1,679	556	590	533	1.6
Salford	89	652	17	10	92	547	1,891	697	621	573	1.7
Stockport	94	1,152	8	6	67	491	1,918	637	732	549	1.7
Tameside	81	759	9	5	118	482	1,724	508	640	576	1.7
Trafford	67	791	9	10	84	369	1,496	462	578	456	1.7
Wigan	121	920	16	13	114	627	2,367	801	853	713	1.7
Barnsley	84	536	26	18	85	537	1,684	462	634	588	1.7
Doncaster	101	1,024	13	12	137	697	2,214	645	754	815	1.7
Rotherham	90	702	5	5	147	679	1,973	539	704	730	1.6
Sheffield	130	1,223	23	34	233	1,236	3,399	1,056	1,139	1,204	1.6
Bradford	164	1,431	49	40	213	1,206	3,593	1,084	1,292	1,217	1.6
Calderdalc	82	715	18	2	73	405	1,452	487	526	439	1.7
Kirklees	136	1,182	24	19	199	962	2,725	806	1,005	914	1.6
Leeds	240	2,316	44	34	294	1,427	4,959	1,545	1,794	1,620	1.7
Wakefield	113	1,026	9	13	93	698	2,351	733	834	784	1.7
Gateshead	75	553	8	3	78	423	1,312	376	490	446	1.7
Newcastle upon Tyne	79	759	6	36	137	61 1	1,626	459	571	596	1.6
North Tyneside	61	657	1	8	64	350	1,349	404	516	429	1.7
South Tyneside	52	418	6	12	58	345	1,181	406	419	356	1.7
Sunderland	90	884	7	22	146	717	2,117	547	781	789	1.6
Isles of Scilly	2	5	0	0	0	2	17	3	10	4	1.9
Bath and NE Somerset	61	595	4	2	37	276	951	275	331	345	1.7
City of Bristol	102	920	26	19	209	1,020	2,320	674	836	810	1.6
North Somerset	58	622	5	1	36	318	1,140	331	441	368	1.7
South Gloucestershire	85	885	4	3	84	415	1,752	541	689	522	1.7
Hartlepool	32	269	3	9	33	211	697	230	238	229	1.7
Middlesbrough	47	414	5	14	87	399	1,090	338	370	382	1.6
Redcar and Cleveland	51	444	4	13	46	374	1,093	302	407	384	1.7
Stockton on Tees	61	511	6	8	95	407	1,354	425	498	431	1.7
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	574	16	11	206	867	1,921	544	690	687	1.6
East Riding of Yorkshire	123	1,035	7	7	61	489	2,205	664	846	695	1.8
North East Lincolnshire	46	412	10	5	67	482	1,330	395	480	455	1.7
North Lincolnshire	60	588	10	5	49	326	1,037	302	378	357	1.7
North Yorkshire	318	2,122	7	5	108	831	3,690	1,185	1,401	1,104	1.8
City of York	53	585	2	10	48	302	1,110	337	431	342	1.7
Bedfordshire	151	1,415	11	14	120	673	2,690	845	971	874	1.7
Luton	41	468	24	14	115	570	1,443	421	489	533	1.6
Buckinghamshire	172	2,012	12	17	162	675	3,075	1,056	1,081	938	1.7
Milton Keynes	70	685	10	8	96	569	1,390	393	503	494	1.6
Derbyshire	312	2,375	13	38	203	1,361	5,001	1,622	1,726	1,653	1.7
Derby City	59	111	10	20	98	545	1,586	448	575	563	1.6
Dorset	132	1,162	4	15	86	685	2,267	672	841	754	1.7
Poole	24	390	3	6	57	289	850	216	335	299	1.7
Bournemouth	24	398	4	4	52	275	941	287	320	334	1.7
Durham	225	1,521	24	24	141	1,025	3,482	1,108	1,237	1,137	1.7
Darlington	30	358	4	4	43	166	716	213	275	228	1.7
East Sussex	149	1,418	12	20	135	958	2,978	896	1,143	939	1.7
Brighton and Hove	49	574	3	22	106	520	1,315	392	435	488	1.6
Hampshire	341	4,715	28	63	297	2,379	7,850	2,266	2,961	2,623	1.7
Portsmouth	38	565	3	8	77	457	1,185	276	457	452	1.6
Southampton	51	563	8	7	153	618	1,346	384	460	502	1.6
Leicestershire	226	2,125	19	56	171	1,125	4,144	1,350	1,534	1,260	1.7
Leicester City	73	619	15	11	252	1,076	2,075	609	723	743	1.5
Rutland	18	130	0	1	7	53	213	64	88	61	1.7
Staffordshire	314	2,961	8	36	205	1,360	5,840	1,809	2,162	1,869	1.8
Stoke-on-Trent	84	572	5	4	157	634	1,872	679	604	589	1.6
Wiltshire	208	1,435	11	21	130	766	2,809	893	1,006	910	1.7

Table 3—Key Stage 1 reading task results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	X	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	Average level
Swindon	52	550	6	13	64	450	1,344	407	502	435	1.7
Berkshire	237	2,634	33	28	278	1,531	5,116	1,557	1,911	1,648	1.7
Cambridgeshire	230	2,239	18	27	211	1,399	4,492	1,400	1,608	1,484	1.7
Cheshire	393	3,753	26	10	315	1683	6,551	2,064	2,433	2,054	1.7
Cornwall	234	1,548	17	35	149	882	3,177	944	1,136	1,097	1.7
Cumbria	261	1,666	9	35	139	893	3,248	1,081	1,149	1,018	1.7
Devon	414	2,914	28	127	324	2,155	6,730	1,895	2,495	2,340	1.7
Essex	485	5,022	44	55	521	3,528	10,602	3,188	4,006	3,408	1.7
Gloucestershire	238	1,925	22	26	163	965	3,816	1,154	1,441	1,221	1.7
Hereford and Worcester	281	2,272	27	34	260	1,229	4,898	1,510	1,750	1,638	1.7
Hertfordshire	387	4,243	35	30	311	1,585	6,928	2,204	2,552	2,172	1.7
Isle of Wight	48	388	0	0	32	219	774	238	273	263	1.7
Kent	505	5,240	38	54	625	3,465	10,466	3,277	3,783	3,406	1.7
Lancashire	556	4,016	104	57	565	2,909	10,368	3,413	3,653	3,302	1.7
Lincolnshire	284	2,073	17	29	129	1,084	4,168	1,280	1,573	1,315	1.7
Norfolk	325	2,119	19	34	246	1,535	4,830	1,418	1,795	1,616	1.7
Northamptonshire	229	2,385	14	12	158	1,188	4,395	1,219	1,734	1,442	1.7
Northumberland	147	1,146	3	22	71	502	2,059	624	784	651	1.7
Nottinghamshire	311	1,392	27	30	227	1,383	3,187	920	1,115	1,152	1.6
Oxfordshire	241	1,936	14	52	199	1,124	3,751	1,102	1,419	1,230	1.7
Shropshire	187	1,579	10	26	144	797	2,935	949	1,071	915	1.7
Somerset	218	1,521	6	28	134	884	3,335	965	1,296	1,074	1.7
Suffolk	254	1,996	18	12	183	1,314	4,429	1,366	1,573	1,490	1.7
Surrey	272	3,708	18	43	202	1,329	5,903	1,802	2,277	1,824	1.8
Warwickshire	179	1,765	7	14	164	928	3,340	1,034	1,224	1,082	1.7
West Sussex	213	2,557	11	51	227	1,329	4,407	1,373	1,595	1,439	1.7
NATIONAL	16,558	157,053	1,934	2,566	18,450	99,406	326,892	99,657	119,410	107,825	1.7

Table 4—Key Stage 1 reading comprehension test results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	X	N	D	L	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
City of London	1	16	0	0	0	12	1	1	4	1	2.1
Camden	42	342	38	26	59	669	221	255	193	368	2.1
Greenwich	70	786	22	23	175	1,266	297	430	539	594	2.1
Hackney	54	703	28	30	81	1,016	282	390	344	442	2.1
Hammersmith & Fulham	39	266	9	6	61	588	161	206	221	315	2.2
Islington	52	501	16	25	101	1,012	252	353	407	526	2.1
Kensington & Chelsea	26	171	2	1	33	445	141	151	153	237	2.2
Lambeth	70	515	25	46	90	1,218	364	428	426	657	2.2
Lewisham	70	741	12	7	138	1,362	471	466	425	705	2.2
Southwark	72	689	14	14	135	1,444	425	465	555	694	2.2
Tower Hamlets	67	856	40	21	125	1,283	343	465	475	455	2.0
Wandsworth	63	400	17	5	117	1,099	309	378	412	637	2.2
Westminster	40	235	10	18	68	633	189	222	222	286	2.1
Barking	36	540	9	13	112	1,113	264	382	467	507	2.1
Barnet	75	582	22	22	130	1,782	558	645	579	931	2.2
Bexley	60	530	6	6	133	1,512	403	535	574	891	2.2
Brent	53	600	26	7	102	1,499	446	558	495	608	2.2
Bromley	69	543	8	4	114	1,593	503	577	513	1,263	2.3
Croydon	72	669	31	27	186	1,971	548	738	685	1,322	2.2
Ealing	65	688	31	38	170	1,627	465	600	562	883	2.1
Enfield	61	709	12	39	210	1,598	390	589	619	996	2.2
Haringey	56	692	33	6	139	1,235	375	423	437	659	2.1
Harrow	38	391	22	12	75	1,258	383	452	423	671	2.2
Havering	54	445	9	5	165	1,558	480	551	527	748	2.2
Hillingdon	54	627	7	13	150	1,449	336	541	572	860	2.2
Hounslow	46	631	15	15	153	1,129	325	383	421	485	2.1
Kingston upon Thames	30	241	4	2	71	748	214	248	286	472	2.2
Merton	40	396	15	8	59	945	249	338	358	563	2.3
Newham	60	1,145	60	33	215	1,788	447	585	756	586	2.0
Redbridge	45	543	41	8	121	1,417	398	514	505	784	2.2
Richmond upon Thames	32	173	1	11	46	662	183	262	217	732	2.4
Sutton	34	349	5	14	82	929	257	346	326	635	2.3
Waltham Forest	50	659	18	38	179	1,452	397	505	550	640	2.1
Birmingham	295	3,199	116	81	608	6,947	1,756	2,521	2,670	3,512	2.2
Coventry	93	883	33	14	220	2,044	632	687	725	967	2.1

Table 4—Key Stage I reading comprehension test results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	X	N	D	L	2	2A	2B	2C	3	A verage level
Dudley	87	848	29	20	179	2,013	590	704	719	925	2.1
Sandwell	101	1,105	25	21	295	1,917	494	629	794	764	2.0
Solihull	61	420	20	17	107	1,371	478	538	355	994	2.3
Walsall	89	804	38	19	165	1,800	459	624	717	816	2.1
Wolverhampton	82	674	19	3	179	1,685	489	573	623	794	2.1
Knowsley	63	501	9	6	115	1,268	326	472	470	587	2.2
Liverpool	145	1,326	25	20	287	3,144	813	1,148	1,183	1,541	2.2
St. Helens	61	324	15	8	108	1,222	365	414	443	659	2.2
Sefton	92	585	17	17	107	1,932	559	747	626	1,061	2.2
Wirral	94	578	30	4	200	2,131	647	759	725	1,193	2.2
Bolton	107	788	34	5	160	1,927	573	723	631	899	2.2
Bury	68	405	6	12	69	1,234	358	465	411	687	2.3
Manchester	149	1,540	82	35	405	2,722	668	952	1,102	1,157	2.0
Oldham	89	751	20	16	137	1,573	426	566	581	747	2.2
Rochdale	81	741	32	15	152	1,521	435	551	535	644	2.1
Salford	89	640	36	10	155	1,716	526	589	601	652	2.1
Stockport	94	559	14	6	138	1,773	594	619	560	1,152	2.3
Tameside	81	600	18	5	155	1,560	409	550	601	759	2.2
Trafford	67	455	14	10	121	1,368	409	493	466	791	2.2
Wigan	121	742	39	13	162	2,181	704	755	722	920	2.1
Barnsley	84	624	21	18	201	1,486	392	502	592	536	2.0
Doncaster	101	836	27	12	234	1,964	493	678	793	1,024	2.1
Rotherham	90	826	18	5	221	1,739	484	590	665	702	2.1
Sheffield	130	1,472	35	34	480	2,905	787	1,013	1,105	1,222	2.0
Bradford	164	1,419	70	40	335	3,237	919	1,108	1,210	1,431	2.1
Calderdale	82	478	8	2	121	1,341	378	496	467	715	2.2
Kirklees	136	1,164	32	19	296	2,418	641	872	905	1,182	2.1
Leeds	240	1,730	40	34	414	4,540	1,374	1,610	1,556	2,316	2.2
Wakefield	113	686	22	14	246	2,177	637	684	856	1,025	2.1
Gateshead	75	501	13	3	109	1,198	349	404	445	553	2.2
Newcastle upon Tyne	79	748	14	36	210	1,408	389	463	556	759	2.1
North Tynestde	61	414	3	8	106	1,241	308	470	463	657	2.2
South Tyneside	52	404	11	12	129	1,046	321	371	354	418	2.1
Sunderland	90	863	15	22	206	1,903	465	699	739	884	2.1
Isles of Scilly	2	2	0	0	1	16	3	8	5	5	2.1
Bath & NE Somerset	61	313	9	2	102	844	252	315	277	595	2.2
City of Bristol	102	1,241	27	20	273	2,033	619	703	711	920	2.1
North Somerset	58	354	8	1	113	1,024	339	389	296	622	2.2
South Gloucestershire	85	500	11	4	163	1,581	473	593	515	892	2.2
Hartlepool	32	244	7	9	49	644	170	220	254	269	2.1
Middlesbrough	47	487	9	14	103	982	266	309	407	414	2.1
Redcar and Cleveland	51	420	4	13	110	983	288	358	337	444	2.1
Stockton on Tees	61	503	10	8	111	1,238	439	421	378	611	2.2
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	1,076	36	11	168	1,731	368	598	765	673	2.1
East Riding of Yorkshire	123	552	13	7	203	1,994	571	707	716	1,035	2.2
North East Lincolnshire	46	549	12	5	169	1,159	295	425	439	412	2.0
North Lincolnshire	60	375	13	5	80	954	276	344	334	588	2.2
North Yorkshire	318	940	27	5	268	3,402	1,096	1,233	1,073	2,121	2.3
City of York	53	350	11	10	110	991	259	383	349	585	2.2
Bedfordshire	151	794	18	14	239	2,443	680	854	909	1,415	2.2
Luton	41	685	30	14	212	1,225	282	457	486	468	2.0
Buckinghamshire	172	838	15	17	275	2,796	881	963	952	2,012	2.3
Milton Keynes	70	665	13	8	182	1,205	299	406	500	685	2.1
Derbyshire	312	1,566	20	38	495	4,497	1,277	1,533	1,687	2,375	2.2
Derby City	59	644	13	20	167	1,415	415	477	523	777	2.2
Dorset	132	771	9	15	209	2,053	607	728	718	1,162	2.2
Poole	24	346	3	6	70	780	204	292	284	390	2.2
Bournemouth	24	330	6	4	115	821	236	276	309	398	2.1
Durham	225	1,169	31	24	358	3,114	838	1,102	1,174	1,521	2.1
Darlington	30	209	7	4	57	656	208	224	224	358	2.2
East Sussex	149	1,095	21	20	282	2,685	774	991	920	1,418	2.2
Brighton and Hove	49	626	23	22	155	1,140	311	398	431	574	2.1
Hampshire	341	2,680	32	63	693	7,149	2,058	2,587	2,504	4,715	2.2
Portsmouth	38	534	6	8	117	1,065	298	345	422	565	2.2
Southampton	51	772	14	7	157	1,182	294	405	483	563	2.1
Leicestershire	226	1,296	20	56	432	3,711	1,077	1,329	1,305	2,125	2.2
Leicester City	73	1,328	25	11	310	1,755	407	624	724	619	2.0

Table 4—Key Stage 1 reading comprehension test results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	X	N	D	L	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Rutland	18	60	3	1	13	198	60	71	67	129	2.3
Staffordshire	314	1,566	21	36	446	5,381	1,553	1,901	1,927	2,960	2.2
Stoke-on-Trent	84	793	14	4	178	1,684	482	575	627	671	2.1
Wiltshire	208	896	21	21	269	2,530	761	878	891	1,435	2.2
Swindon	52	514	10	13	137	1,203	355	400	448	660	2.2
Berkshire	237	1,810	51	28	455	4,642	1,368	1,623	1,651	2,634	2.2
Cambridgeshire	230	1,611	35	37	451	4,025	1,249	1,407	1,369	2,237	2.2
Cheshire	393	1,999	42	10	531	6,003	1,708	2,165	2,130	3,753	2.3
Cornwall	234	1,032	28	35	338	2,827	842	1,002	983	1,548	2.2
Cumbria	261	1,032	16	35	290	2,951	869	1,116	966	1,666	2.2
Devon	414	2,479	53	127	693	6,012	1,740	2,139	2,133	2,914	2.1
Essex	485	4,049	97	55	1,128	9,421	2,559	3,378	3,484	5,022	2.2
Gloucestershire	238	1,131	34	26	363	3,438	1,063	1,209	1,166	1,925	2.2
Hereford and Worcester	281	1,493	47	34	475	4,400	1,219	1,568	1,613	2,271	2.2
Hertfordshire	387	1,904	53	30	534	6,369	1,969	2,217	2,183	4,242	2.3
Isle of Wight	48	253	3	0	79	693	195	232	266	385	2.2
Kent	505	4,093	45	54	947	9,509	2,669	3,405	3,435	5,240	2.2
Lancashire	556	3,479	169	57	751	9,558	2,846	3,289	3,423	4,005	2.1
Lincolnshire	284	1,214	25	29	300	3,860	1,036	1,389	1,435	2,072	2.2
Norfolk	325	1,783	33	34	513	4,303	1,241	1,447	1,615	2,117	2.1
Northamptonshire	229	1,349	16	12	377	4,013	1,171	1,437	1,405	2,385	2.2
Northumberland	147	573	10	22	167	1,885	569	651	665	1,146	2.2
Nottinghamshire	311	1,625	58	30	343	2,799	749	915	1,135	1,391	2.1
Oxfordshire	241	1,325	20	52	368	3,375	1,063	1,105	1,207	1,936	2.2
Shropshire	187	941	22	26	275	2,649	775	943	931	1,578	2.2
Somerset	218	1,018	14	28	291	3,036	925	1,072	1,039	1,521	2.2
Suffolk	254	1,427	31	12	502	3,984	1,135	1,353	1,496	1,996	2.1
Surrey	272	1,522	34	43	480	5,407	1,722	1,902	1,783	3,717	2.3
Warwickshire	179	1,093	20	14	255	3,072	884	1,101	1,087	1,764	2.2
West Sussex	213	1,557	23	51	397	3,997	1,183	1,403	1,411	2,557	2.2
NATIONAL	16,558	117,882	3,159	2,570	30,221	295,456	84,543	104,317	106,596	157,001	2.2

Table 5—Key Stage 1 writing test results for 1995, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	3	Average level
City of London	1	0	0	0	10	18	0	1.6
Camden	42	18	8	33	267	815	317	2.0
Greenwich	71	53	9	67	735	1,736	371	1.8
Hackney	56	55	31	88	576	1,223	283	1.7
Hammersmith & Fulham	40	8	17	38	275	757	232	1.9
Islington	52	29	7	27	429	1,266	396	1.9
Kensington & Chelsea	26	5	7	6	139	563	161	2.0
Lambeth	73	67	6	59	552	1,371	374	1.8
Lewisham	70	21	12	48	752	1,609	478	1.9
Southwark	71	29	7	59	655	1,724	536	1.9
Tower Hamlets	65	36	13	62	658	1,575	399	1.8
Wandsworth	63	5	7	42	493	1,309	458	1.9
Westminster	39	14	14	16	291	767	175	1.8
Barking	38	8	13	22	419	1,529	320	1.9
Barnet	74	19	12	41	551	2,040	674	2.0
Bexley	60	5	0	43	560	1,924	412	1.9
Brent	52	21	8	70	606	1,900	256	1.8
Bromley	68	7	2	26	401	2,079	1,003	2.2
Croydon	71	17	5	34	576	2,386	841	2.0
Ealing	65	27	14	72	715	2,026	578	1.9
Enfield	60	14	16	64	714	2,177	468	1.9
Haringey	56	25	11	74	596	1,632	441	1.9
Harrow	39	20	15	47	364	1,671	423	2.0
Havering	54	22	0	31	454	2,127	353	1.9
Hillingdon	54	14	9	42	571	2,057	388	1.9
Hounslow	45	16	18	51	540	1,657	319	1.8
Kingston upon Thames	30	7	3	20	224	967	263	2.0
Merton	40	9	1	31	329	1,244	367	2.0
Newham	61	44	5	95	893	2,125	405	1.8
Redbridge	45	12	6	40	432	1,928	466	2.0
Richmond upon Thames	34	6	0	9	215	1,078	390	2.1
Sutton	33	5	5	7	288	1,351	478	2.1

Table 5—Kev Stage 1 writing test results for 1995, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	3	Average level
Waltham Forest	48	34	7	63	753	1,666	382	1.8
Birmingham	295	97	69	245	3,303	8,237	2,576	1.9
Coventry	93	24	9	71	866	2,782	386	1.8
Dudley	87	17	28	36	770	2,550	489	1.9
Sandwell	102	30	16	75	1,093	2,601	354	1.8
Solihull	58	6	1	12	443	1,896	414	2.0
Walsall	89	21	5	54	865	2,187	530	1.9
Wolverhampton	83	19	5	57	680	2,267	378	1.9
Knowsley	65	9	8	33	546	1,574	206	1.8
Liverpool	149	37	24	73	1,548	4,156	648	1.8
St. Helens	65	9	6	16	416	1,660	308	1.9
Sefton	86	19	7	15	499	2,474	491	2.0
Wirral	84	19	2	40	645	2,440	593	2.0
Bolton	106	19	3	38	656	2,416	549	1.9
Bury	68	7	7	30	353	1,612	402	2.0
Manchester	157	65	40	148	1,452	3,643	813	1.8
Oldham	84	24	3	41	767	1,885	360	1.8
Rochdale	82	21	16	95	581	1,885	495	1.9
Salford	88	13	5	29	444	2,240	392	2.0
Stockport	95	4	6	40	506	2,587	628	2.0
Tameside	81	21	4	55	631	2,065	386	1.9
Trafford	69	9	10	46	517	1,779	429	1.9
Wigan	123	13	4	52	754	2,827	435	1.9
Barnsley	85	8	10	32	523	2,101	282	1.9
Doncaster	99	12	8	55	638	2,720	614	2.0
Rotherham	89	2	1	58	671	2,228	446	1.9
Sheffield	130	30	14	128	1,468	4,075	519	1.8
Bradford	125	45	26	58	947	3,187	603	1.9
Calderdale	82	15	0	12	539	1,702	482	2.0
Kirklees	136	47	9	88	1,100	3,305	706	1.9
Leeds	239	57	19	149	1,661	5,947	1,377	1.9
Wakefield	115	11	9	55	859	2,814	499	1.9
Gateshead	76	4	10	30	448	1,606	358	1.9
Newcastle upon Tyne	79	18	26	45	663	1,975	480	1.9
North Tyneside	62	12	3	25	367	1,851	196	1.9
South Tyneside	52	17	15	58	420	1,415	208	1.8
Sunderland	91	18	11	62	855	2,662	445	1.9
Isles of Scilly	3	0	1	0	1	15	11	2.3
Bath & NE Somerset	61	9	2	13	322	1,237	208	1.9
City of Bristol	102	23	25	85	1,289	2,940	366	1.7
North Somerset	57	4	2	16	277	1,573	203	1.9
South Gloucestershire	81	8	6	28	523	2,093	423	1.9
Hartlepool	32	2	9	8	331	885	81	1.8
Middlesbrough	44	10	8	35	501	1,344	225	1.8
Redcar and Cleveland	51	2	15	29	368	1,436	204	1.9
Stockton on Tees	57	10	12	33	471	1,585	345	1.9
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	27	3	106	1,198	2,185	281	1.7
East Riding of Yorkshire	122	13	20	17	453	2,477	699	2.0
North East Lincolnshire	44	5	1	46	477	1,682	216	1.8
North Lincolnshire	60	6	5	17	349	1,336	319	2.0
North Yorkshire	316	9	7	39	845	4,413	1,065	2.0
City of York	51	5	0	24	358	1,264	340	2.0
Bedfordshire	134	22	10	54	699	2,974	607	1.9
Luton	37	22	7	51	660	1,670	225	1.8
Buckinghamshire	168	11	20	91	781	3,310	1,128	2.0
Milton Keynes	66	12	10	37	574	1,714	430	1.9
Derbyshire	277	18	17	51	1,250	5,257	1,173	2.0
Derby City	54	16	19	34	468	1,707	408	1.9
Dorset	129	10	12	23	688	2,778	569	1.9
Poole	23	3	2	18	212	1,087	244	2.0
Bournemouth	21	3	15	12	239	848	180	1.9
Durham	219	22	16	70	1,292	4,028	764	1.9
Darlington	30	13	11	15	159	924	187	2.0
East Sussex	144	23	4	29	784	3,508	875	2.0
Brighton and Hove	47	13	4	34	465	1,566	381	1.9
Hampshire	322	25	10	126	1,986	9,905	2,652	2.0
Portsmouth	36	10	0	19	421	1,611	267	1.9
Southampton	49	5	1	37	635	1,844	273	1.8
Leicestershire	226	5	24	87	1,113	5,047	960	1.9

Table 5—Key Stage 1 writing test results for 1995, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	3	Average level
Leicester City	70	29	14	83	1,109	2,549	348	1.8
Rutland	17	0	0	1	48	291	32	2.0
Staffordshire	309	7	15	95	1,740	7,028	1,337	1.9
Stoke-on-Trent	83	15	6	70	743	2,339	281	1.8
Wiltshire	203	9	13	28	817	3,205	825	2.0
Swindon	48	3	15	13	446	1,534	425	2.0
Berkshire	233	44	15	131	1,984	5,966	1,507	1.9
Cambridgeshire	209	41	5	61	1,401	5,066	930	1.9
Cheshire	401	30	7	127	1,857	8,354	2,294	2.0
Cornwall	234	17	25	56	938	4,175	749	1.9
Cumbria	251	22	17	40	878	3,899	872	2.0
Devon	414	44	66	84	2,070	8,671	1,361	1.9
Essex	485	102	33	154	3,274	12,769	3,018	2.0
Gloucestershire	237	24	30	72	1,040	4,345	992	2.0
Hereford and Worcester	282	23	32	60	1,273	5,718	1,357	2.0
Hertfordshire	386	51	21	128	1,792	8,107	2,647	2.0
Isle of Wight	26	1	0	9	157	516	126	1.9
Kent	505	37	51	261	3,587	12,759	2,996	1.9
Lancashire	580	144	19	232	3,526	12,766	2,004	1.9
Lincolnshire	286	8	12	61	961	5,002	1,430	2.0
Norfolk	318	14	30	100	1,511	5,790	1,119	1.9
Northamptonshire	231	24	14	41	1,420	5,396	1,234	2.0
Northumberland	146	2	17	34	549	2,531	631	2.0
Nottinghamshire	221	40	12	37	468	1,391	437	1.9
Oxfordshire	181	10	10	47	830	3,408	580	1.9
Shropshire	188	16	20	41	795	3,365	1,034	2.0
Somerset	218	17	1	46	911	4,259	621	1.9
Suffolk	255	12	11	71	1,405	5,618	952	1.9
Surrey	272	9	31	84	1,719	7,237	1,874	2.0
Warwickshire	192	1	4	58	832	4,214	944	2.0
West Sussex	214	13	29	56	1,242	5,455	1,577	2.0
NATIONAL	16.208	2,646	1,600	7,248	107,040	385,614	85,727	1.9

Table 6—Key Stage 1 writing test results for 1996, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
City of London	1	0	0	4	3	14	2	5	7	7	1.9
Camden	41	19	16	90	214	994	211	365	418	132	1.8
Greenwich	70	23	11	283	528	1,960	358	664	938	128	1.6
Hackney	58	17	42	243	509	1,334	288	477	589	128	1.6
Hammersmith & Fulham	37	4	14	73	205	845	193	276	376	85	1.8
Islington	52	20	11	142	349	1,456	293	518	645	111	1.7
Kensington & Chelsea	26	0	2	49	128	624	150	229	245	66	1.8
Lambeth	71	20	26	209	434	1,715	351	601	763	151	1.7
Lewisham	70	11	9	231	528	1,972	391	693	888	171	1.7
Southwark	72	12	23	218	548	1,901	388	688	825	266	1.7
Tower Hamlets	64	23	24	232	556	1,762	300	604	858	97	1.6
Wandsworth	63	7	9	96	329	1,697	334	581	782	139	1.8
Westminster	40	16	29	53	196	916	178	350	388	76	1.8
Barking	38	12	3	142	347	1,663	301	581	781	119	1.8
Barnet	75	10	25	146	428	2,441	636	908	897	218	1.8
Bexley	60	1	4	129	403	2,233	520	830	883	263	1.9
Brent	52	18	2	216	392	2,072	337	820	915	92	1.7
Bromley	69	7	3	129	415	2,475	656	942	877	422	1.9
Croydon	72	17	11	172	505	3,060	697	1,092	1,271	344	1.9
Ealing	65	26	24	227	481	2,307	536	814	957	248	1.8
Enfield	60	11	27	275	521	2,382	500	839	1,043	250	1.7
Haringey	56	26	20	219	469	1,826	399	679	748	159	1.7
Harrow	39	8	8	104	254	1,854	418	704	732	237	1.9
Havering	53	2	2	108	377	2,325	463	811	1,051	150	1.8
Hillingdon	54	16	19	189	471	2,239	378	839	1,022	122	1.7
Hounslow	46	10	14	181	481	1,730	311	622	797	147	1.7
Kingston upon Thames	30	4	4	64	200	1,099	266	400	433	142	1.9
Merton	40	6	1	110	298	1,375	308	502	565	202	1.8
Newham	61	37	11	393	716	2,480	368	887	1,225	102	1.6
Redbridge	45	20	8	150	359	2,059	403	767	889	236	1.8

Table 6—Key Stage 1 writing test results for 1996, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Richmond upon Thames	34	4	5	42	153	1,261	333	504	424	185	2.0
Sutton	33	2	9	94	274	1,538	309	541	688	97	1.8
Waltham Forest	49	16	17	237	542	1,883	355	637	891	215	1.7
Birmingham	294	109	58	923	2,175	9,800	2,082	3,442	4,276	1,209	1.8
Coventry	93	19	6	255	608	2,919	643	1,082	1,194	309	1.8
Dudley	87	8	18	229	713	2,793	549	1,018	1,226	192	1.7
Sandwell	100	38	26	350	760	2,872	552	1,013	1,307	166	1.7
Solihull	61	6	17	69	281	2,265	511	898	856	166	1.9
Walsall	87	31	13	231	594	2,579	508	901	1,170	132	1.7
Wolverhumpton	81	8	6	188	507	2,465	416	888	1,161	157	1.8
Knowsley	64	9	13	139	440	1,788	313	648	827	78	1.7
Liverpool	149	18	38	363	1,086	4,556	913	1,628	2,015	285	1.7
St. Helens	60	10	10	86	264	1,791	352	630	809	140	1.9
Sefton	91	15	17	145	462	2,857	616	1,072	1,169	160	1.8
Wirral	92	15	4	131	564	3,150	638	1,154	1,358	186	1.8
Bolton	107	29	3	296	606	2,591	589	919	1,083	160	1.7
Bury	68	11	9	185	332	1,765	356	661	748	97	1.7
Manchester	153	33	50	536	1,159	3,767	781	1,343	1,643	330	1.6
Oldham	88	26	10	264	497	2,328	442	800	1,086	145	1.7
Rochdale	83	22	9	231	464	2,086	414	759	913	153	1.7
Salford	88	11	18	158	491	2,239	472	814	953	179	1.8
Stockport	95	5	9	144	407	2,685	655	988	1,042	313	1.9
Tameside	80	11	5	187	463	2,339	433	853	1,053	82	1.7
Trafford	67	10	5	128	378	2,035	465	761	809	88	1.8
Wigan	121	14	1	229	563	2,997	602	1,133	1,262	201	1.8
Barnsley	84	12	6	158	499	2,015	379	685	951	99	1.7
Doncaster	100	11	3	259	580	2,897	566	1,044	1,287	202	1.8
Rotherham	91	2	9	180	548	2,525	478	896	1,151	131	1.8
Sheffield	130	13	21	415	1,072	4,399	853	1,521	2,025	197	1.7
Bradford	149	52	20	336	900	4,266	813	1,414	2,039	300	1.8
Calderdale	83	7	11	120	352	1,991	401	754	836	183	1.8
Kirklees	136	26	11	340	837	3,480	644	1,304	1,532	229	1.7
Leeds	240	38	33	522	1,326	6,789	1,418	2,490	2,881	496	1.8
Wakefield	115	1	29	197	604	3,094	667	1,071	1,356	213	1.8
Gateshead	76	6	2	139	372	1,858	390	655	813	53	1.7
Newcastle upon Tyne	80	8	26	199	463	2,179	443	777	959	162	1.7
North Tyneside	61	4	2	102	301	1,943	363	768	812	67	1.8
South Tyneside	49	9	6	139	341	1,434	264	574	596	55	1.7
Sunderland	89	9	8	283	610	2,732	578	961	1,193	210	1.7
Isles of Scilly	4	0	0	0	2	16	1	8	7	4	2.1
Bath & NE Somerset	61	6	6	69	295	1,361	370	480	511	143	1.8
City of Bristol	102	25	21	505	1,034	2,874	504	998	1,372	129	1.6
North Somerset	58	2	0	120	302	1,648	331	600	717	48	1.8
South Gloucestershire	84	14	37	138	452	2,437	494	910	1,033	143	1.8
Hartlepool	32	14	1	85	217	917	170	308	439	63	1.7
Middlesbrough	47	4	15	211	355	1,416	236	465	715	75	1.6
Redcar and Cleveland	51	4	11	101	302	1,462	252	554	656	68	1.8
Stockton on Tees	50	3	8	166	365	1,721	357	600	764	174	1.8
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	29	3	403	797	2,265	389	781	1,095	149	1.6
East Riding of Yorkshire	124	6	5	90	404	2,768	679	1,025	1,064	317	1.9
North East Lincolnshire	46	3	7	136	400	1,696	287	616	793	85	1.7
North Lincolnshire	57	7	2	100	263	1,365	275	506	584	131	1.8
North Yorkshire	313	14	12	199	699	5,042	1,183	1,993	1,866	443	1.9
City of York	51	5	1	74	300	1,460	319	523	618	163	1.9
Bedfordshire	146	18	15	213	602	3,562	786	1,372	1,404	401	1.9
Luton	39	10	11	208	440	1,856	358	630	868	138	1.7
Buckinghamshire	169	13	19	221	630	4,063	980	1,476	1,607	682	1.9
Milton Keynes	69	3	7	187	484	1,917	369	608	940	209	1.8
Derbyshire	308	17	43	323	1,117	6,512	1,379	2,390	2,743	661	1.9
Derby City	59	6	15	168	496	2,176	448	765	963	201	1.8
Dorset	129	4	13	135	574	3,095	659	1,123	1,313	251	1.8
Poole	23	1	1	67	162	1,200	266	450	484	117	1.9
Bournemouth	23	8	10	46	222	1,106	209	378	519	129	1.9
Durham	222	13	18	296	879	4,332	948	1,534	1,850	353	1.8
Darlington	30	7	9	53	183	959	223	364	372	80	1.8
East Sussex	147	9	13	208	824	3,939	891	1,399	1,649	202	1.8
Brighton and Hove	49	19	12	173	479	1,721	286	591	844	122	1.7

Table 6—Key Stage 1 writing test results for 1996, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Hampshire	337	39	35	633	1,932	11,379	2,294	4,130	4,955	959	1.8
Portsmouth	37	6	11	149	381	1,641	273	539	829	69	1.7
Southampton	51	10	6	245	518	1,821	316	587	918	98	1.7
Leicestershire	225	1	32	336	963	5,577	1,197	2,034	2,346	386	1.8
Leicester City	72	28	19	479	863	2,535	366	884	1,285	106	1.6
Rutland	17	0	0	13	43	274	55	117	102	10	1.8
Staffordshire	311	10	29	366	1,236	7.920	1,772	3,060	3,088	518	1.8
Stoke-on-Trent	84	9	7	258	550	2,445	411	883	1,151	84	1.7
Wiltshire	207	10	14	204	681	3,946	893	1,424	1,629	357	1.9
Swindon	52	4	12	92	344	1,779	366	616	797	164	1.8
Berkshire	235	24	30	497	1,410	6,990	1,499	2,517	2,974	617	1.8
Cambridgeshire	231	29	46	483	1,141	6,052	1,290	2,274	2,488	443	1.8
Cheshire	402	26	9	550	1,492	9,628	2,205	3,572	3,851	977	1.9
Cornwall	234	15	33	286	914	4,256	772	1,497	1,987	204	1.8
Cumbria	251	11	20	198	835	4,245	903	1,592	1,750	346	1.8
Devon	410	25	47	572	1,924	9,045	1,503	3,400	4,142	420	1.8
Essex	486	47	53	873	3,050	14,132	2,963	4,935	6,234	1,386	1.8
Gloucestershire	238	20	24	314	859	5,138	1,067	2,008	2,063	366	1.8
Hertford and Worcester	279	16	34	360	1,119	6,509	1,371	2,399	2,739	515	1.8
Hertfordshire	388	43	26	464	1,425	9,286	2,288	3,497	3,501	1,396	1.9
Isle of Wight	48	2	1	57	212	1,079	237	358	484	65	1.8
Kent	506	40	50	985	2,796	14,346	3,114	5,149	6,083	1,365	1.8
Lancashire	577	101	64	944	2,750	12,875	2,744	4,642	5,489	938	1.8
Lincolnshire	288	15	15	286	832	5,741	1,262	2,095	2,384	519	1.9
Norfolk	324	10	22	350	1,384	6,358	1,226	2,282	2,850	465	1.8
Northamptonshire	231	21	19	292	1,077	6,154	1,424	2,303	2,427	606	1.9
Northumberland	149	3	11	134	409	2,727	613	980	1,134	343	1.9
Nottinghamshire	270	28	19	193	467	1,910	432	642	836	221	1.7
Oxfordshire	231	17	35	315	910	5,048	1,181	1,881	1,986	372	1.8
Shropshire	189	11	23	267	702	4,016	1,107	1,426	1,573	298	1.8
Somersel	219	11	25	209	714	4,616	981	1,706	1,929	299	1.8
Suffolk	254	13	16	346	1,280	6,135	1,295	2,146	2,694	258	1.8
Surrey	273	13	43	403	1,383	8,624	2,179	3,133	3,312	494	1.8
Warwickshire	193	9	11	276	829	4,694	932	1,709	2,053	286	1.8
West Sussex	214	11	64	439	1,037	6,032	1,306	2,181	2,545	762	1.8
NATIONAL	16,489	2,023	2,185	31,669	86,973	433,600	90,866	157,134	185,600	35,425	1.8

Table 7—Key Stage 1 writing test results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
City of London	1	0	0	9	9	11	0	2	9	0	1.1
Camden	42	13	26	107	214	1,049	182	424	443	92	1.7
Greenwich	70	14	22	272	530	1,861	304	599	958	167	1.7
Hackney	54	27	28	183	458	1,469	233	504	732	135	1.7
Hammersmith & Fulham	39	8	6	85	184	889	171	325	393	73	1.8
Islington	52	10	25	175	310	1,546	261	547	738	115	1.7
Kensington & Chelsea	26	4	1	49	116	664	139	236	289	55	1.8
Lambeth	70	27	46	181	406	1,707	316	591	800	184	1.7
Lewisham	70	11	7	300	492	1,950	371	676	903	205	1.7
Southwark	72	9	14	266	471	1,994	396	677	921	236	1.7
Tower Hamlets	67	32	22	247	532	1,815	317	583	915	132	1.6
Wandsworth	63	13	6	130	276	1,713	350	593	770	137	1.8
Westminster	40	13	18	72	168	910	156	317	437	69	1.8
Barking	36	12	14	172	363	1,641	258	528	855	92	1.7
Barnet	75	22	21	186	453	2,613	594	982	1,037	174	1.8
Bexley	60	10	6	121	348	2,314	460	852	1,002	279	1.9
Brent	53	19	5	208	367	2,143	391	812	940	97	1.7
Bromley	69	10	4	183	363	2,547	573	978	996	418	1.9
Croydon	72	13	26	175	502	3,145	623	1,140	1,382	345	1.9
Ealing	65	28	37	229	428	2,460	491	911	1,058	255	1.8
Enfield	61	8	39	238	428	2,662	523	956	1,183	189	1.8
Haringey	56	29	11	269	401	1,821	355	690	776	233	1.7
Harrow	38	20	13	103	253	1,841	330	714	797	199	1.9
Havering	54	7	5	107	322	2,363	405	911	1,047	126	1.9
Hillingdon	54	6	13	174	410	2,415	372	841	1,202	88	1.8
Hounslow	46	13	15	225	362	1,696	302	603	791	117	1.7

Table 7—Key Stage 1 writing test results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Kingston upon Thames	30	3	2	65	169	1,088	253	404	431	211	1.9
Merton	40	10	15	113	264	1,377	276	514	587	207	1.8
Newham	60	58	33	380	742	2,467	363	807	1,297	147	1.6
Reclbridge	45	21	7	139	385	2,118	448	749	921	244	1.8
Richmond upon Thames	32	6	11	36	164	1,206	269	510	427	202	2.0
Simon	34	2	14	107	259	1,529	286	529	714	103	1.8
Waltham Forest	50	17	38	231	479	2,045	323	723	999	176	1.7
Birmingham	295	107	92	890	2,055	10,063	1972	3,577	4,514	1,256	1.8
Coventry	93	32	14	278	522	3,001	643	1,065	1,293	314	1.8
Dudley	87	22	20	274	543	2,923	577	1,040	1,306	232	1.8
Sandwell	101	26	21	375	762	2,739	461	942	1,336	204	1.7
Solihull	61	4	18	117	278	2,339	455	1,039	845	173	1.9
Walsall	89	23	20	267	551	2,698	427	949	1,322	83	1.7
Wolverhampton	82	10	3	206	496	2,536	429	866	1,241	103	1.8
Knowsley	63	8	6	105	334	1,931	309	711	911	102	1.8
Liverpool	145	17	18	383	953	4,661	872	1,639	2,150	311	1.8
St. Helens	61	7	8	104	203	1,862	386	640	836	152	1.9
Sefton	92	13	16	147	467	2,948	609	1,053	1,286	128	1.8
Wirral	94	33	4	198	479	3,186	660	1,208	1,318	236	1.8
Bolton	107	31	5	286	596	2.722	520	1,008	1,194	173	1.7
Bury	68	4	12	153	261	1,897	375	690	832	86	1.8
Manchester	149	37	35	521	1,068	3,906	691	1,338	1,877	374	1.7
Oldham	89	18	16	264	485	2,308	387	756	1,165	152	1.7
Rochdale	81	29	15	241	494	2,147	352	789	1,006	179	1.7
Salford	89	17	11	181	446	2,387	467	824	1,096	167	1.8
Slockport	94	10	7	127	379	2,757	601	1,032	1,124	362	1.9
Tameside	81	20	6	218	429	2,330	430	804	1,096	94	1.7
Trafford	67	16	11	176	376	2,106	425	774	907	74	1.7
Wigan	121	22	9	184	490	3,097	604	1,204	1,289	255	1.8
Barnsley	84	8	17	189	399	2,180	354	734	1,092	93	1.7
Doncaster	101	23	11	285	590	2,914	492	1,025	1,397	274	1.8
Rotherham	90	6	5	244	485	2,662	473	869	1,320	109	1.7
Shelfield	130	28	34	415	947	4,470	780	1,597	2,093	254	1.7
Bradford	164	72	40	386	830	4,827	889	1,700	2,238	377	1.8
Calderdale	82	5	2	172	343	1,932	358	706	868	211	1.8
Kirklees	136	32	19	394	786	3,648	656	1,246	1,746	232	1.7
Leeds	240	48	34	564	1,204	6,919	1,387	2,526	3,006	305	1.8
Wakefield	113	13	12	185	583	3,153	659	1,147	1,347	244	1.8
Gateshead	75	5	3	147	324	1,855	349	681	825	43	1.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	79	13	36	259	432	2,252	388	822	1,042	183	1.7
North Tyneside	61	2	8	101	273	1,955	316	766	873	90	1.8
South Tyneside	52	13	12	130	304	1,516	239	561	716	45	1.7
Sunderland	90	15	21	276	568	2,765	521	980	1,264	248	1.8
Isles of Scilly	2	0	0	0	1	23	5	8	10	0	2.0
Bath and NE Somerset	61	10	3	76	275	1,306	320	431	555	195	1.9
City of Bristol	102	25	20	506	955	2,907	468	941	1,498	101	1.6
North Somerset	58	7	2	116	285	1,658	285	619	754	54	1.8
South Gloucestershire	85	9	4	167	394	2,432	475	878	1,079	145	1.8
Hartlepool	32	2	9	74	191	878	197	271	410	68	1.8
Middlesbrough	47	10	14	150	334	1,442	228	478	736	59	1.7
Redcar and Cleveland	51	3	13	100	285	1,507	285	570	652	66	1.8
Stockton on Tees	61	9	8	150	359	1,831	369	676	786	124	1.8
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	28	11	375	679	2,441	361	847	1,233	161	1.6
East Riding of Yorkshire	123	4	7	160	406	2,912	581	1,028	1,303	315	1.9
North East Lincolnshire	46	9	5	155	355	1,696	300	536	860	86	1.7
North Lincolnshire	60	7	5	106	228	1,478	302	502	674	191	1.9
North Yorkshire	318	15	5	212	635	5,389	1,182	2,014	2,193	507	1.9
City of York	53	7	10	131	264	1.484	278	505	701	161	1.8
Bedfordshire	151	17	13	218	516	3,760	777	1,395	1,588	399	1.9
Luton	41	32	14	200	415	1,851	307	624	920	122	1.7
Buckinghamshire	172	14	16	237	591	4,386	969	1,650	1,767	709	1.9
Milton Keynes	70	9	6	211	490	1,847	320	638	889	195	1.7
Derbyshire	312	14	38	437	1,087	6,815	1,366	2,501	2.948	600	1.8
Derby City	59	8	21	195	446	2,106	462	739	905	260	1.8
Dorset	132	6	15	184	522	3,256	627	1,148	1,481	236	1.8
Poole	24	3	6	94	191	1,200	242	423	535	101	1.8
Bournemouth	24	0	5	89	230	1,232	217	427	588	118	1.8

Table 7—Key Stage 1 writing test results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Durham	225	29	22	311	819	4,670	958	1,608	2,104	366	1.8
Darlington	30	3	3	60	134	976	241	360	375	115	1.9
East Sussex	149	26	20	283	784	4,210	831	1,474	1.905	198	1.8
Brighton and Hove	49	10	22	162	467	1,803	278	584	941	76	1.7
Hampshire	341	40	65	755	1,959	11,589	2,209	4,127	5,253	924	1.8
Portsmouth	38	11	8	170	408	1,610	232	555	823	88	1.7
Southampton	51	12	7	259	515	1,825	304	585	936	77	1.6
Leicestershire	226	16	58	353	931	5,772	1,210	2,088	2,474	510	1.8
Leicester City	73	24	10	511	791	2,562	379	861	1,322	150	1.6
Rutland	18	0	1	16	50	302	63	119	120	35	1.9
Staffordshire	314	12	36	367	1,102	8,287	1,809	3,183	3,295	606	1.9
Stoke-on-Trent	84	6	4	285	515	2,393	411	914	1,068	141	1.7
Wiltshire	208	24	21	241	631	3,859	863	1,360	1,636	396	1.8
Swindon	52	3	13	145	282	1,943	414	667	862	151	1.8
Berkshire	237	40	28	596	1,368	7,169	1,075	2,857	3,237	419	1.8
Cambridgeshire	230	19	32	490	1,178	6,238	1,162	2,313	2,763	429	1.8
Cheshire	393	36	11	593	1,267	9,572	2,265	3,468	3,839	859	1.9
Cornwall	234	13	34	339	874	4,415	602	1,574	2,239	133	1.7
Cumbria	261	16	38	307	725	4,503	949	1,672	1,882	401	1.8
Devon	414	37	127	646	1,912	9,166	1,423	3,320	4,423	390	1.7
Essex	485	80	55	1,063	2,826	14,341	2,742	5,025	6,574	1,407	1.8
Gloucestershire	238	43	28	307	790	5,359	1,098	2,013	2,248	390	1.8
Hereford and Worcester	281	25	36	467	1,074	6,643	1,234	2,321	3,088	475	1.8
Hertfordshire	387	44	31	512	1,321	9,674	2,324	3,592	3,758	1,550	1.9
Isle of Wight	48	1	0	59	181	1,082	199	398	485	90	1.9
Kent	505	39	55	1,152	2,811	14,934	3,068	5,179	6,687	897	1.8
Lancashire	556	141	59	1,096	2,544	13,300	2,599	4,916	5,785	879	1.8
Lincolnshire	284	10	29	278	726	6,097	1,230	2,317	2,550	360	1.9
Norfolk	325	22	34	435	1,277	6,556	1,175	2,388	2,993	459	1.8
Northamptonshire	229	15	12	296	919	6,267	1,326	2,281	2,660	643	1.9
Northumberland	147	1	22	110	289	2,938	694	1,014	1,230	443	2.0
Nottinghamshire	311	42	35	456	1,147	4,112	796	1,388	1,928	454	1.7
Oxfordshire	241	20	54	415	982	5,209	1,119	1,890	2,200	396	1.8
Shropshire	187	24	25	269	662	4,091	904	1,537	1,650	420	1.8
Somerset	218	8	29	244	729	4,650	960	1,712	1,978	248	1.8
Suffolk	254	14	11	370	1,063	6,248	1,254	2,191	2,803	246	1.8
Surrey	272	25	43	422	1,119	8,951	2,135	3,299	3,517	643	1.9
Warwickshire	179	11	14	343	734	4,827	927	1,771	2,129	289	1.8
West Sussex	213	16	50	499	1,149	6,238	1,165	2,299	2,774	630	1.8
NATIONAL	16,558	2,490	2,603	35,004	81,553	448,879	87,154	161,605	200,120	35,776	1.8

Table 8—Key Stage 1 mathematics test results for 1995, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
City of London	1	0	0	0	12	11	0	2	9	5	1.8
Camden	42	21	8	42	265	774	226	278	270	348	2.0
Greenwich	71	52	6	112	686	1,570	424	506	640	544	1.8
Hackney	56	53	30	98	607	1,080	263	344	473	386	1.7
Hammersmith & Fulham	40	9	16	44	277	732	190	225	317	249	1.9
Islington	52	35	8	65	510	1,116	291	376	449	420	1.9
Kensington & Chelsea	26	7	7	10	107	487	148	181	158	263	2.1
Lambeth	73	74	6	80	544	1,285	339	390	556	446	1.8
Lewisham	70	28	12	107	711	1,599	415	527	657	463	1.8
Southwark	71	29	7	73	603	1,559	434	511	614	741	2.0
Tower Hamlets	65	42	13	115	654	1,401	365	460	576	518	1.8
Wandsworth	63	6	7	82	477	1,278	301	431	546	464	1.9
Westminster	39	17	9	25	228	707	170	232	305	291	2.0
Barking	38	8	13	57	450	1,372	359	439	574	411	1.9
Barnet	74	16	10	60	494	1,964	611	693	660	793	2.0
Bexley	60	6	0	65	541	1,811	488	589	734	521	1.9
Brent	52	28	8	68	480	1,663	450	541	672	614	2.0
Bromley	68	10	2	44	476	1,973	596	658	719	1,013	2.1
Croydon	71	18	5	59	600	2,239	635	759	845	938	2.0
Ealing	65	24	13	80	584	1,939	550	675	714	792	2.0
Enfield	60	21	16	83	585	2,110	576	696	838	638	1.9
Haringey	56	26	11	89	524	1,546	439	529	578	583	1.9

Table 8—Key Stage 1 mathematics test results for 1995, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Harrow	39	19	15	55	401	1,508	418	486	604	544	2.0
Havering	54	9	0	44	423	2,018	578	685	755	493	2.0
Hillingdon	54	13	8	47	549	1,842	456	563	823	623	2.0
Hounslow	45	20	19	67	528	1,555	412	508	635	413	1.9
Kingston upon Thames	30	8	3	21	240	891	256	280	355	322	2.0
Merton	40	7	0	55	388	1,111	262	387	462	421	2.0
Newham	61	45	7	119	856	1,927	493	651	783	613	1.8
Redbridge	45	11	6	46	470	1,724	464	603	657	626	2.0
Richmond upon Thames	34	7	0	19	171	1,008	322	320	366	494	2.2
Sutton	33	10	5	33	348	1,203	332	421	450	535	2.0
Waltham Forest	48	28	6	106	682	1,641	427	542	672	442	1.8
Birmingham	295	110	68	500	3,166	8,163	1,960	2,658	3,545	2,519	1.9
Coventry	93	21	9	125	876	2,508	661	844	1,003	599	1.9
Dudley	87	25	28	102	851	2,297	584	788	925	589	1.9
Sandwell	102	29	16	145	1,105	2,380	493	768	1,119	493	1.8
Solihull	58	6	1	42	507	1,664	432	550	682	552	2.0
Walsall	89	17	3	97	898	2,086	505	665	916	561	1.8
Wolverhampton	83	27	4	110	794	2,007	527	621	859	463	1.8
Knowsley	65	9	8	59	474	1,436	392	487	557	391	1.9
Liverpool	149	53	24	163	1,330	3,846	1,001	1,269	1,576	1,069	1.9
St. Helens	65	10	6	40	450	1,510	426	518	566	399	1.9
Sefton	86	12	7	37	518	2,211	681	772	758	719	2.0
Wirral	84	16	1	50	605	2,316	654	770	892	752	2.0
Bolton	106	16	3	91	731	2,202	617	685	900	641	1.9
Bury	68	10	7	31	318	1,491	415	524	552	554	2.1
Manchester	157	66	40	245	1,325	3,497	837	1,209	1,451	987	1.8
Oldham	84	23	4	103	608	1,822	485	658	679	519	1.9
Rochdale	82	20	15	98	530	1,812	510	609	693	618	1.9
Salford	88	21	3	59	569	1,968	507	670	791	502	1.9
Stockport	95	12	7	65	595	2,290	697	755	838	804	2.0
Tameside	81	38	4	92	624	1,916	502	682	732	488	1.9
Trafford	69	10	10	51	470	1,691	531	572	588	558	2.0
Wigan	123	21	6	102	661	2,556	723	846	987	739	2.0
Barnsley	85	14	11	80	647	1,818	462	567	789	386	1.8
Doncaster	99	20	8	110	730	2,372	682	833	857	806	2.0
Rotherham	89	7	1	115	764	1,992	513	642	837	527	1.9
Sheffield	130	38	14	210	1,341	3,545	963	1,095	1,487	1,086	1.9
Bradford	125	43	25	111	976	2,789	736	906	1,147	923	1.9
Calderdale	82	17	0	65	523	1,610	456	569	585	536	1.9
Kirklees	136	51	7	176	1,159	2,938	762	928	1,248	925	1.9
Leeds	239	44	18	258	1,723	5,341	1,505	1,732	2,104	1,827	1.9
Wakefield	115	14	9	101	801	2,553	693	875	985	769	1.9
Gateshead	76	5	11	42	410	1,456	426	488	542	531	2.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	79	21	27	65	635	1,842	543	606	693	618	1.9
North Tyneside	62	7	3	53	378	1,537	450	500	587	477	2.0
South Tyneside	52	30	15	59	411	1,304	345	453	506	315	1.9
Sunderland	91	16	11	86	735	2,498	643	818	1,037	707	1.9
Isles of Sciliy	3	0	1	0	1	16	8	4	4	10	2.3
Bath & NE Somerset	61	13	2	24	307	1,068	305	363	400	377	2.0
City of Bristol	102	28	25	149	1,075	2,710	745	897	1,068	742	1.8
North Somerset	57	7	3	38	311	1,306	368	462	476	411	2.0
South Gloucestershire	81	12	3	42	495	1,840	520	643	677	689	2.0
Hartlepool	32	2	9	17	246	791	236	261	294	251	2.0
Middlesbrough	44	21	8	48	518	1,157	332	359	466	371	1.9
Redcar and Cleveland	51	2	15	40	290	1,276	419	405	452	431	2.0
Stockton on Tees	57	9	12	35	404	1,396	481	477	438	600	2.0
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	23	2	225	1,013	2,038	515	629	894	499	1.7
East Riding of Yorkshire	122	20	20	47	535	2,335	645	806	884	722	2.0
North East Lincolnshire	44	7	1	74	545	1,483	354	455	674	317	1.8
North Lincolnshire	60	5	5	42	382	1,192	352	373	467	408	2.0
North Yorkshire	316	13	7	85	886	3,995	1,201	1,343	1,451	1,395	2.0
City of York	51	4	0	36	309	1,254	370	417	467	388	2.0
Bedfordshire	134	28	9	87	703	2,719	767	871	1,081	820	2.0
Luton	37	26	6	64	630	1,555	384	525	646	354	1.8
Buckinghamshire	168	16	18	129	863	3,148	859	1,057	1,232	1,169	2.0
Milton Keynes	66	20	10	107	572	1,557	402	498	657	509	1.9
Derbyshire	277	25	17	104	1,225	4,869	1,392	1,600	1,877	1,527	2.0

Table 8—Key Stage 1 mathematics test results for 1995, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Derby City	54	18	19	45	515	1,524	404	529	591	532	1.9
Dorset	129	9	12	53	706	2,538	679	836	1,023	762	2.0
Poole	23	4	2	33	280	951	248	298	405	296	2.0
Bournemouth	21	6	15	17	246	733	205	242	286	282	2.0
Durham	219	21	16	135	1,045	3,649	1,178	1,171	1,300	1,329	2.0
Darlington	30	15	11	17	204	788	238	247	303	275	2.0
East Sussex	144	30	4	89	791	3,217	947	1,067	1,203	1,094	2.0
Brighton and Hove	47	10	4	58	457	1,516	446	460	610	418	1.9
Hampshire	322	31	9	239	2.247	8.911	2,628	2,944	3,339	3,272	2.0
Portsmouth	36	11	0	47	410	1,386	381	440	565	473	2.0
Southampton	49	5	1	71	727	1,591	393	524	674	400	1.8
Leicestershire	226	10	24	120	1,145	4,453	1,335	1,524	1,594	1,484	2.0
Leicester City	70	36	12	146	1,101	2,316	507	788	1,021	521	1.8
Rutland	17	0	0	2	44	231	59	89	83	95	2.1
Staffordshire	309	20	14	189	1,842	6,435	1,787	2,204	2,444	1,725	1.9
Sloke-on-Trent	83	13	6	119	783	2,129	476	729	924	404	1.8
Wiltshire	203	16	12	74	791	2,944	803	962	1,179	1,061	2.0
Swindon	48	4	15	37	415	1,480	436	486	558	484	2.0
Berkshire	233	35	15	226	1,810	5,653	1,589	1,889	2,175	1,912	2.0
Cambridgeshire	209	39	5	129	1,325	4,499	1,237	1,496	1,766	1,508	2.0
Cheshire	401	42	4	250	2,032	7,598	2,304	2,556	2,738	2,745	2.0
Cornwall	234	20	25	73	950	3,755	1,080	1,237	1,438	1,138	2.0
Cumbria	251	26	17	111	992	3,384	1,035	1,152	1,197	1,199	2.0
Devon	414	49	70	196	2,181	7,465	2,188	2,416	2,861	2,335	2.0
Essex	485	87	32	332	3,647	11,545	3,136	3,871	4,538	3,711	2.0
Gloucestershire	237	24	26	106	1,026	3,891	1,155	1,286	1,450	1,430	2.0
Hereford and Worcester	282	22	32	125	1,521	5,067	1,423	1,665	1,979	1,696	2.0
Hertfordshire	386	53	19	211	1,864	7,794	2,196	2,552	3,046	2,808	2.0
Isle of Wight	26	2	0	15	140	492	125	158	209	162	2.0
Kent	505	43	48	441	3,633	11,828	3,246	3,977	4,605	3,703	1.9
Lancashire	580	151	20	401	3,448	11,589	3,121	3,970	4,498	3,081	1.9
Lincolnshire	286	19	12	133	1,205	4,449	1,224	1,461	1,764	1,655	2.0
Norfolk	318	14	29	185	1,492	5,293	1,459	1,752	2,082	1,551	2.0
Northamptonshire	231	23	14	167	1,379	4,914	1,345	1,640	1,929	1,632	2.0
Northumberland	146	1	16	54	571	2,292	647	764	881	830	2.0
Nottinghamshire	221	87	10	59	404	1,318	374	455	489	509	1.9
Oxfordshire	181	12	9	94	849	2,906	816	974	1,116	1,016	2.0
Shropshire	188	17	20	103	917	3,000	881	1,033	1,086	1,214	2.0
Somerset	218	16	1	92	991	3,702	1,070	1,244	1,388	1,053	2.0
Suffolk	255	23	11	147	1,508	4,928	1,395	1,625	1,908	1,453	1.9
Surrey	272	22	30	159	1,728	6,540	1,807	2,159	2,574	2,477	2.0
Warwickshire	192	9	4	136	964	3,688	1,041	1,200	1,447	1,253	2.0
West Sussex	214	25	29	136	1,384	5,028	1,465	1,640	1,923	1,775	2.0
NATIONAL	16,208	3,007	1,557	12,973	107,729	351,023	97,173	116,577	137,273	113,659	2.0

Table 9—Key Stage 1 mathematics test results for 1996, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
City of London	1	0	0	3	3	13	0	4	9	9	2.0
Camden	41	19	16	42	242	752	322	231	199	393	2.0
Greenwich	70	25	12	124	521	1,759	640	540	579	492	1.9
Hackney	58	14	42	136	526	1,166	406	328	432	388	1.8
Hammersmith & Fulham	37	5	12	34	253	690	282	208	200	233	1.9
Islington	52	20	11	84	396	1.200	449	378	373	378	1.9
Kensington & Chelsea	26	0	1	18	114	482	187	158	137	255	2.1
Lambeth	71	22	24	119	449	1,440	507	448	485	500	1.9
Lewisham	70	7	7	113	484	1,724	664	499	561	589	1.9
Southwark	72	11	23	90	477	1,670	603	541	526	699	2.0
Tower Hamlets	64	25	24	99	510	1,512	552	491	469	525	1.9
Wandsworth	63	5	9	85	338	1,354	477	393	484	484	2.0
Westminster	40	17	28	29	193	729	257	245	227	287	2.0
Barking	38	15	3	57	363	1,498	518	472	508	350	1.9
Barnet	75	16	25	52	427	2,002	773	628	601	746	2.0
Bexley	60	6	4	64	428	1,950	742	611	597	581	2.0
Brent	52	19	2	110	425	1,768	675	530	563	468	1.9
Bromley	69	13	3	81	403	2,037	881	629	527	913	2.1

Table 9—Key Stage 1 mathematics test results for 1996, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Croydon	72	14	10	76	581	2,478	1,010	734	734	949	2.0
Ealing	65	17	23	84	475	1,994	763	642	589	719	2.0
Enfield	60	22	26	104	501	2,228	800	704	724	585	1.9
Haringey	56	25	20	95	428	1,604	584	479	541	548	1.9
Harrow	39	7	8	54	255	1,555	641	461	453	587	2.1
Havering	53	10	2	53	359	2,064	758	647	659	476	2.0
Hillingdon	54	8	18	85	432	1,967	704	647	616	546	2.0
Hounslow	46	8	14	77	452	1,579	577	497	505	431	1.9
Kingston upon Thames	30	2	4	40	208	955	330	291	334	305	2.0
Merton	40	3	1	53	291	1,231	427	364	440	413	2.0
Newham	61	41	11	203	717	2,182	710	743	729	585	1.8
Redbridge	45	18	8	82	397	1,781	648	551	582	548	2.0
Richmond upon Thames	34	5	5	18	146	1,024	519	273	232	453	2.2
Sutton	33	4	9	35	227	1,273	475	392	406	465	2.1
Waltham Forest	49	14	15	114	508	1,684	667	487	530	576	1.9
Birmingham	294	113	56	506	2,684	8,447	2,864	2,684	2,899	2,468	1.9
Coventry	93	19	6	143	648	2,606	950	809	847	696	1.9
Dudley	87	13	18	123	821	2,497	840	733	924	481	1.8
Sandwell	100	34	26	192	845	2,626	780	829	1,017	490	1.8
Solihull	61	4	16	55	402	1,771	644	557	570	555	2.0
Walsall	87	22	16	111	676	2,185	770	614	801	571	1.9
Wolverhampton	81	10	6	116	622	2,128	732	662	734	449	1.9
Knowsley	64	11	13	74	409	1,587	592	498	497	373	1.9
Liverpool	149	23	38	182	1,075	3,884	1,447	1,189	1.248	1,114	1.9
St. Helens	60	13	10	62	345	1,470	604	439	427	401	2.0
Sefton	91	20	17	67	389	2,432	1,066	747	619	730	2.0
Wirral	92	15	4	98	484	2,685	1,022	808	855	765	2.0
Bolton	107	22	4	152	579	2,320	855	711	754	609	1.9
Bury	68	7	9	48	360	1,497	545	520	432	478	2.0
Manchester	153	36	48	253	1,093	3,508	1,238	1,112	1,158	938	1.9
Oldham	88	28	10	98	492	2,092	812	654	626	550	1.9
Rochdale	83	21	9	122	448	1,889	679	609	601	476	1.9
Salford	88	11	16	74	440	2,030	736	624	670	525	2.0
Stockport	95	8	8	59	483	2,209	862	667	680	795	2.0
Tameside	80	16	6	83	403	2,113	793	667	653	466	2.0
Trafford	67	13	5	64	365	1,656	625	526	505	540	2.0
Wigan	121	13	1	135	538	2,717	1,041	861	815	602	1.9
Barnsley	84	11	6	88	516	1,760	592	540	628	409	1.9
Doncaster	100	16	3	126	605	2,492	986	786	720	712	2.0
Rotherham	91	2	9	115	613	2,137	769	661	707	517	1.9
Sheffield	130	16	21	213	1,108	3,764	1,354	1,136	1,274	995	1.9
Bradford	149	57	21	162	871	3,709	1,379	1,141	1,189	1,055	1.9
Calderdale	83	10	10	65	344	1,695	649	528	518	541	2.0
Kirklees	136	17	11	145	852	3,037	1,108	938	991	862	1.9
Leeds	240	35	33	243	1,330	5,842	2.247	1,797	1.798	1.721	2.0
Wakefield	115	2	29	90	633	2,701	1,009	870	822	682	2.0
Gateshead	76	7	2	46	367	1,592	564	524	504	417	2.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	80	10	26	89	505	1,833	696	535	602	575	1.9
North Tyneside	61	2		47	327	1,595	608	536	451	447	2.0
South Tyneside	49	5	5	46	278	1,282	512	404	366	368	2.0
Sunderland	89	3	9	112	594	2,417	948	740	729	717	2.0
Isles of Scilly	4	0	0	1	1	15	5	6	4	5	2.1
Bath & NE Somerset	61	4	4	40	236	1,214	504	367	343	384	2.0
City of Bristol	102	23	20	183	930	2,808	998	894	916	624	1.8
North Somerset	58	2	0	61	254	1,463	532	472	459	342	2.0
South Gloucestershire	84	9	35	37	379	2,102	846	674	582	661	2.0
Hartlepool	32	12	1	24	194	761	289	229	243	305	2.0
Middlesbrough	47	6	15	66	357	1,277	492	390	395	355	1.9
Redcar and Cleveland	51	2	9	32	252	1,293	479	400	414	358	2.0
Stockton on Tees	60	8	8	64	254	1,493	645	428	420	610	2.1
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	29	3	186	756	2,122	693	644	785	549	1.8
East Riding of Yorkshire	124	9	5	61	366	2,356	932	730	694	791	2.1
North East Lincolnshire	46	4	7	82	413	1,516	492	467	557	305	1.9
North Lincolnshire	57	4	2	48	285	1,129	479	308	342	397	2.0
North Yorkshire	313	9	11	112	656	4,224	1,793	1,260	1,171	1,398	2.1
City of York	51	5	1	38	271	1,299	470	419	410	389	2.0
Bedfordshire	146	14	15	103	560	3,126	1,174	1,022	930	993	2.0

Table 9—Key Stage 1 mathematics test results for 1996, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Luton	39	12	10	104	436	1,738	625	559	554	362	1.9
Buckinghamshire	169	19	19	123	639	3,583	1,394	1,130	1,059	1,252	2.1
Milton Keynes	69	2	7	88	471	1,695	608	538	549	546	2.0
Derbyshire	308	19	42	170	1,131	5,727	2,141	1,754	1,832	1,585	2.0
Derby City	59	6	16	58	503	1,983	716	604	663	497	1.9
Dorset	129	4	13	74	594	2,589	1,011	812	766	804	2.0
Poole	23	0	1	27	246	989	359	316	314	285	2.0
Bournemouth	23	5	7	26	208	929	333	321	275	346	2.0
Durham	222	13	18	114	844	3,566	1,430	1,087	1,049	1,337	2.0
Darlington	30	8	9	31	162	793	310	239	244	288	2.0
East Sussex	147	13	13	127	631	3,397	1,275	1,092	1,030	1,014	2.0
Brighton and Hove	49	15	11	56	407	1,575	580	485	510	461	2.0
Hampshire	337	41	35	276	1,817	9,361	3,892	2,844	2,625	3,446	2.1
Portsmouth	37	5	10	49	298	1,446	550	435	461	449	2.0
Southampton	51	7	6	107	499	1,662	577	522	563	417	1.9
Leicestershire	225	4	31	125	872	4,821	1,854	1,510	1,457	1,441	2.0
Leicester City	72	23	16	186	915	2,432	786	733	913	458	1.8
Rutland	17	1	0	4	42	209	82	76	51	84	2.1
Staffordshire	311	15	29	194	1,378	6,846	2,566	2,216	2,064	1,617	2.0
Stoke-on-Trent	84	15	7	123	640	2,188	702	688	798	381	1.8
Wiltshire	207	9	13	113	724	3,278	1,251	1,018	1,009	1,072	2.0
Swindon	52	3	12	66	339	1,467	588	435	444	509	2.0
Berkshire	235	18	26	226	1,271	5,979	2,277	1,837	1,865	2,046	2.0
Cambridgeshire	231	32	46	210	1,196	5,026	2,019	1,514	1,493	1,684	2.0
Cheshire	402	28	9	271	1,678	8,115	3,254	2,573	2,288	2,587	2.0
Cornwall	234	18	33	140	798	3,713	1,358	1,134	1,221	1,006	2.0
Cumbria	251	21	19	122	738	3,691	1,435	1,195	1,061	1,065	2.0
Devon	410	23	44	253	1,730	7,853	2,961	2,473	2,419	2,133	2.0
Essex	486	49	50	437	2,930	12,596	4,593	3,970	4,033	3,484	2.0
Gloucestershire	238	14	24	158	860	4,314	1,727	1,311	1,276	1,349	2.0
Hereford and Worcester	279	19	31	200	1,176	5,537	2,060	1,796	1,681	1,587	2.0
Hertfordshire	388	29	24	284	1,470	8,087	3,233	2,453	2,401	2,753	2.0
Isle of Wight	48	4	1	35	206	960	328	319	313	210	1.9
Kent	506	37	48	510	3,064	12,389	4,802	3,819	3,768	3,537	2.0
Lancashire	577	98	61	496	2,645	11,516	4,294	3,608	3,614	2,860	1.9
Lincolnshire	288	23	15	152	955	4,615	1,832	1,379	1,404	1,649	2.0
Norfolk	324	7	20	213	1,215	5,623	2,056	1,706	1,861	1,510	2.0
Northamptonshire	231	16	18	208	1,137	5,216	2,053	1,623	1,540	1,572	2.0
Northumberland	149	3	11	73	435	2,339	899	730	710	766	2.0
Nottinghamshire	270	30	19	103	458	1,660	625	497	538	568	1.9
Oxfordshire	231	29	33	112	884	4,204	1,671	1,274	1,259	1,440	2.0
Shropshire	189	15	23	128	663	3,265	1,307	945	1,013	1,220	2.0
Somerset	219	5	25	106	810	3,905	1,550	1,206	1,149	1,023	2.0
Suffolk	254	11	17	188	1,166	5,258	1,971	1,587	1,700	1,409	2.0
Surrey	273	13	39	202	1,279	6,935	2,843	2,163	1,929	2,498	2.1
Warwickshire	193	12	11	152	864	3,948	1,515	1,179	1,254	1,119	2.0
West Sussex	214	12	64	170	971	5,118	2,109	1,626	1,383	2,009	2.1
NATIONAL	16,489	2,047	2,121	15,445	86,632	573,884	141,691	115,943	116,250	111,797	2.0

Table 10—Key Stage I mathematics test results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
City of London	1	1	O	1	12	11	2	5	4	4	1.6
Camden	42	12	23	40	174	903	377	265	261	349	2.0
Greenwich	70	21	21	92	449	1,789	627	557	605	494	1.9
Hackney	54	23	28	82	466	1,259	475	400	384	443	1.9
Hammersmith & Fulham	39	8	6	35	184	720	287	205	228	294	2.0
Islington	52	12	23	62	346	1,274	478	402	394	464	2.0
Kensington & Chelsea	26	2	1	13	99	534	236	155	143	240	2.1
Lambeth	70	21	37	61	376	1,512	550	505	457	543	2.0
Lewisham	70	16	10	94	482	1,760	712	495	553	602	2.0
Southwark	72	17	12	92	382	1,826	691	562	573	661	2.0
Tower Hamlets	67	37	19	93	441	1,626	602	529	495	565	1.9
Wandsworth	63	14	6	62	276	1,434	525	436	473	484	2.0
Westminster	40	10	18	34	154	790	290	218	282	247	2.0
Barking	36	8	13	32	281	1,490	568	449	473	470	2.0

Table 10—Key Stage 1 mathematics test results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
Barnet	75	20	19	54	386	2,168	953	672	543	820	2.1
Bexley	60	16	7	39	396	2,018	803	610	605	604	2.0
Brent	53	15	6	76	372	1,763	661	584	518	609	2.0
Bromley	69	7	4	71	375	2,051	893	635	523	1,019	2.1
Croydon	72	20	28	62	498	2,582	1,052	828	702	1,015	2.1
Ealing	65	24	36	71	404	2,042	848	647	547	859	2.1
Enfield	61	8	38	73	476	2,310	925	693	692	658	2.0
Haringey	56	35	4	68	458	1,551	648	502	401	649	2.0
Harrow	38	16	12	48	282	1,535	656	479	400	536	2.0
Havering	54	15	4	42	341	1,999	746	630	623	526	2.0
Hillingdon	54	6	12	54	400	2,029	787	626	616	601	2.0
Hounslow	46	16	15	68	418	1,461	557	445	459	449	1.9
Kingston upon Thames	30	6	2	19	200	957	391	316	250	354	2.1
Merton	40	12	6	37	297	1,193	478	342	373	443	2.0
Newham	60	50	33	110	663	2,269	779	735	755	702	1.9
Redbridge	45	23	8	69	386	1,777	724	547	506	651	2.0
Richmond upon Thames	32	3	11	8	123	980	429	312	239	501	2.2
Sutton	34	3	12	23	242	1,195	510	348	337	540	2.1
Wallham Forest	50	14	38	73	398	1,843	690	585	568	619	2.0
Birmingham	295	118	77	383	2,227	8,780	3,237	2,687	2,856	2,882	2.0
Coventry	93	42	11	76	665	2,695	961	840	894	673	1.9
Dudley	87	24	20	81	745	2,452	905	743	804	692	1.9
Sandwell	101	28	20	102	736	2,756	911	842	1,003	484	1.9
Solihull	61	8	17	49	411	1,693	705	523	465	746	2.1
Walsall	89	20	19	74	655	2,264	812	721	731	611	1.9
Wolverhampton	82	19	3	93	613	2,073	714	562	697	554	1.9
Knowsley	63	14	6	38	321	1,645	680	500	465	462	2.0
Liverpool	145	21	16	128	903	4,103	1,601	1,245	1,257	1,172	2.0
St. Helens	61	10	8	58	262	1,490	626	471	393	507	2.0
Sefton	92	18	16	35	368	2,393	997	732	664	889	2.1
Wirral	94	26	4	68	531	2,625	1,074	847	704	882	2.0
Bolton	107	30	5	84	647	2,460	965	765	730	588	1.9
Bury	68	6	12	38	242	1,609	688	479	442	505	2.1
Manchester	149	54	26	154	1,058	3,575	1,261	1,126	1,188	1,072	1.9
Oldham	89	20	15	65	401	2,051	845	629	577	692	2.0
Rochdale	81	28	15	67	484	1,962	762	638	562	550	2.0
Salford	89	30	9	50	423	2,075	820	621	634	622	2.0
Stockport	94	17	6	43	400	2,331	983	722	626	844	2.1
Tameside	81	19	6	63	418	2,029	814	583	632	561	2.0
Trafford	67	12	10	41	366	1,792	751	529	512	538	2.0
Wigan	121	46	9	65	488	2,668	1,080	826	762	779	2.0
Barnsley	84	11	18	53	483	1,865	696	588	581	456	1.9
Doncaster	101	20	12	79	565	2,593	1,046	796	751	834	2.0
Rotherham	90	11	5	106	551	2,319	865	752	702	519	1.9
Sheffield	130	27	31	173	941	3,834	1,512	1,185	1,137	1,110	2.0
Bradford	164	55	40	157	923	4,011	1,573	1,224	1,214	1,346	2.0
Calderdale	82	6	2	59	334	1,680	715	483	482	551	2.0
Kirklees	136	23	19	120	783	3,139	1,280	1,000	859	1,026	2.0
Leeds	240	53	34	199	1,235	5,741	2,328	1,688	1,725	1,812	2.0
Wakefield	113	18	12	70	584	2,774	1,063	871	840	732	2.0
Gateshead	75	10	2	33	357	1,555	610	502	443	421	2.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	79	10	35	68	501	1,877	733	568	576	683	2.0
North Tyneside	61	2	8	40	329	1,591	659	479	453	459	2.0
South Tyneside	52	10	12	39	326	1,313	495	413	405	321	1.9
Sunderland	90	18	23	96	535	2,456	916	802	738	767	2.0
Isles of Scilly	2	0	0	0	2	21	13	4	4	1	2.0
Bath & NE Somerset	61	10	2	21	229	1,167	497	364	306	438	2.1
City of Bristol	102	25	20	149	890	2,787	958	923	906	638	1.9
North Somerset	58	5	1	31	245	1,416	578	452	386	422	2.0
South Gloucestershire	85	10	4	46	315	2,108	865	649	594	671	2.1
Hartlepool	32	0	9	19	155	782	286	246	250	257	2.0
Middlesbrough	47	9	14	49	320	1,221	512	369	340	396	2.0
Redcar and Cleveland	51	3	13	27	271	1,249	489	416	344	411	2.0
Stockton on Tees	61	10	7	52	272	1,555	706	454	395	586	2.1
City of Kingston upon Hull	85	28	10	109	722	2,256	804	682	770	569	1.9

Table 10—Key Stage 1 mathematics test results for 1997, analysed by local education authority
Number of pupils at each level
	No. of schools	N	D	W	1	2	2A	2B	2C	3	Average level
East Riding of Yorkshire	123	13	7	53	396	2,567	1,002	808	757	770	2.1
North East Lincolnshire	46	11	5	52	427	1,480	531	451	498	333	1.9
North Lincolnshire	60	13	5	31	296	1,241	523	407	311	430	2.0
North Yorkshire	318	20	4	69	633	4,511	2,037	1,356	1,118	1,527	2.1
City of York	53	6	10	28	282	1,281	558	374	349	449	2.0
Bedfordshire	151	11	13	81	599	3,303	1,334	1,031	938	918	2.0
Luton	41	30	14	60	447	1,739	590	546	603	344	1.9
Buckinghamshire	172	23	15	94	601	3,706	1,617	1,106	983	1,516	2.1
Milton Keynes	70	16	7	53	428	1,723	668	553	502	528	2.0
Derbyshire	312	31	37	135	1,102	5,925	2,446	1.811	1,668	1,731	2.0
Derby City	59	10	20	59	391	1,966	823	601	542	591	2.0
Dorset	132	8	16	65	567	2,734	1,100	827	807	828	2.0
Poole	24	3	6	29	255	1,030	367	317	346	274	2.0
Bournemouth	24	5	4	29	285	1,049	396	322	331	302	2.0
Durham	225	27	22	99	771	3,905	1,606	1,217	1,082	1,394	2.1
Darlington	30	4	4	28	148	796	338	250	208	309	2.1
East Sussex	149	24	20	80	803	3,543	1,449	1,076	1,018	1,052	2.0
Brighton and Hove	49	6	22	61	435	1,573	585	521	467	442	1.9
Hampshire	341	38	65	209	1,880	9,584	3,938	2,915	2,731	3,553	2.1
Portsmouth	38	8	8	42	333	1,440	550	442	448	466	2.0
Southampton	51	10	7	82	517	1,640	588	512	540	439	1.9
Leicestershire	226	22	58	88	852	4,961	2,003	1,611	1,347	1,664	2.1
Leicester City	73	18	9	125	892	2,489	903	819	767	516	1.8
Rutland	18	0	1	1	36	278	127	71	80	88	2.1
Staffordshire	314	21	37	125	1,156	6,935	2,854	2,159	1,922	2,135	2.1
Stoke-on-Trent	84	18	3	89	587	2,186	812	682	692	461	1.9
Wiltshire	208	21	21	94	668	3,238	1,291	1,030	917	1,129	2.0
Swindon	52	11	13	38	378	1,546	644	460	442	553	2.0
Berkshire	237	46	26	174	1,297	5,936	2,378	1,833	1,725	2,141	2.0
Cambridgeshire	230	30	25	126	1,224	5,310	2,187	1,618	1,505	1,672	2.0
Cheshire	393	43	11	197	1,433	7,878	3,343	2,390	2,145	2,781	2.1
Cornwall	234	25	33	78	761	3,842	1,511	1,176	1,155	1,070	2.0
Cumbria	261	25	35	100	721	3,889	1,623	1.195	1,071	1,219	2.0
Devon	414	51	126	183	1,736	8,036	3,185	2,525	2,326	2,147	2.0
Essex	485	93	52	326	2,903	12,710	4,920	3,946	3,844	3,690	2.0
Gloucestershire	238	30	24	109	893	4,446	1,757	1,372	1,317	1,416	2.0
Hereford and Worcester	281	34	31	153	1,206	5,612	2,260	1,709	1,643	1,689	2.0
Hertfordshire	387	54	29	176	1,372	8,406	3,589	2,578	2,239	3,100	2.1
Isle of Wight	48	0	0	18	183	947	370	298	279	265	2.0
Kent	505	54	54	377	3,014	12,907	4,990	4,081	3,836	3,489	2.0
Lancashire	556	150	54	327	2,525	11,961	4,656	3,734	3,571	3,005	2.0
Lincolnshire	284	20	27	89	862	4,896	1,971	1,519	1,406	1,607	2.1
Norfolk	325	28	34	152	1,234	5,757	2,214	1,860	1,683	1,576	2.0
Northamptonshire	229	17	13	117	961	5,210	2,198	1,550	1,462	1,834	2.1
Northumberland	147	2	21	51	412	2,418	986	775	657	899	2.1
Nottinghamshire	311	46	29	151	1,037	3,877	1,492	1,148	1,237	1,105	1.9
Oxfordshire	241	20	53	117	988	4,352	1,834	1.307	1,211	1,539	2.0
Shropshire	187	21	25	88	650	3,454	1,420	1,040	994	1,252	2.1
Somerset	218	21	27	113	729	3,955	1,596	1,271	1,088	1,059	2.0
Suffolk	254	18	12	145	1,079	5,268	2,008	1,628	1,632	1,431	2.0
Surrey	272	25	42	130	1,143	7,082	2,908	2,210	1,964	2,782	2.1
Warwickshire	179	17	14	114	905	3,898	1,587	1,172	1,339	1,268	2.0
West Sussex	213	20	51	125	1,057	5,404	2,295	1,662	1,447	1,926	2.1
NATIONAL	16,558	2,813	2,476	11,243	82,959	385,302	153,299	119,232	112,771	121,450	2.0

Baroness Blotch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for England showing for all state schools, independent and all schools taken together, the percentage of all 11 year-old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 passing National Curriculum tests at level 4 or better together with the average level attained per pupils and the corresponding average subject age of pupils, calculated using the relationship between expected National Curriculum level and actual pupil age published by the Department for Education and

Employment, in the following subjects: mathematics, English and science, showing separately for the state schools the percentages and averages for local education authority schools. voluntary schools (including together voluntary controlled, voluntary aided and special agreement schools) and grant-maintained schools showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 11 year-old pupils. [HL878]

Baroness Blackstone

The attached tables present the information requested for (i) English, (ii) mathematics, and (iii) science for 1995 to 1997 for boys and girls

Key Stage 2
Table 1: Percentage of 11 year-olds attaining level 4 and above in the English test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	54	66	60	46	61	53	38	52	45
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	64	76	70	57	72	64	48	63	55
Grant Maintained	64	75	69	56	71	62	47	61	54
All Maintained Schools	57	69	63	49	64	57	41	55	48
Independent School	85	92	88	81	90	81	75	85	81
All schools	57	70	63	50	65	57	42	56	49

Table 2: Average level attained by 11 year-olds in the English test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.2	3.5	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	3.6	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.8	3.6	3.4	3.6	3.5
Grant Maintained	3.6	3.8	3.7	3.4	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.5	3.4
All Maintained Schools	3.4	3.7	3.5	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.2	3.5	3.3
Independent School	4.0	4.3	4.2	3.9	4.2	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.9
All schools	3.4	3.7	3.5	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.2	3.5	3.3

Table 3: Percentage of 11 year-olds attaining level 4 and above in the English test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	59	58	59	51	50	50	41	42	42
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	69	68	68	61	60	60	50	52	51
Grant Maintained	68	68	68	61	59	58	49	49	49
All Maintained Schools	62	61	61	54	53	53	44	45	44
Independent School	86	87	86	82	84	79	78	82	80
All schools	63	61	62	54	54	53	44	46	45

Table 4: Average level attained by 11 year-olds in the mathematic test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.1
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.4	3.3
Grant Maintained	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.3
All Maintained Schools	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.2
Independent School	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.1
All schools	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.2

Table 5: Percentage of 11 year-olds attaining level 4 and above in the science test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	65	66	66	58	59	58	68	66	67
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	74	75	74	67	69	68	76	74	75
Grant Maintained	75	75	75	68	70	67	77	74	75
All Maintained Schools	68	69	68	61	62	61	71	69	70
Independent School	85	87	86	83	87	81	88	88	88
All schools	68	69	69	61	63	61	71	69	70

separately. The department does not collect the pupil's date of birth at Key Stage 2 and therefore cannot calculate the pupil's age standardised level.

Table 6: Average level attained by 11 year-olds in the science test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
LEA Maintained	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.6
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8
Grant Maintained	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.8
All Maintained Schools	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.7
Independent School	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.1	3.8	4.2	4.2	4.2
All schools	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.7

Table 7: Number of Schools and 11 year-olds participating in the Key Stage 2 assessment test
	1997	1996	1995
	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils
LEA Maintained	9,564	399,525	9,647	370,062	9,429	349,360
LEA Maintained Voluntary school	5,440	153,949	5,444	141,661	5,387	139,671
Grant Maintained	429	20,530	407	19,630	387	16,349
All Maintained Schools	15,433	574,004	15,498	531,353	15,203	505,370
Independent School	788	15,131	706	12,783	518	8,420
All schools	16,221	589,135	16,203	544,136	30,924	513,790

Baroness Blatch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for England showing for comprehensive schools, modern schools, grammar schools, all state schools, independent and all schools taken together, the percentage of all 14 year-old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 passing National Curriculum tests at level 6 or better together with the average level attained per pupils and the corresponding average subject age of pupils, calculated using the relationship between expected National Curriculum level and actual pupil age published by the Department for Education and

Key Stage 3
Table 1: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 and above in the English test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	14	27	21	16	29	22	11	22	16
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	20	35	28	21	36	29	15	28	22
Grant Maintained school	19	34	26	21	35	28	17	29	23
All Schools	16	30	23	18	31	24	12	24	18
Modern
LEA Maintained	9	27	18	10	20	15	9	20	14
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	7	23	17	7	23	16	5	11	8
Grant Maintained school	11	18	14	11	20	15	9	13	11
All Schools	10	23	17	10	21	15	9	18	13
Grammar
LEA Maintained	63	87	80	68	83	79	45	75	65
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	70	92	78	81	87	83	64	77	69
Grant Maintained school	75	87	80	79	86	82	64	72	68
All Schools	72	88	80	77	85	81	59	74	67
City Technical Colleges	23	39	31	29	42	36	24	40	32
Other Maintained Schools	5	16	10	4	13	8	3	9	5
Other Grant Maintained schools	17	27	21	15	30	22	17	20	18
All Maintained schools	17	31	24	19	32	26	14	26	20
Independent	30	57	44	35	57	47	33	56	45
All Schools	17	32	24	20	33	26	14	26	20

Employment, in the following subjects: mathematics, English and science, showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 14 year-old pupils. [HL881]

Baroness Blackstone

The attached tables present the information requested for (i) English, (ii) mathematics, and (iii) science for 1995 to 1997 for boys and girls separately. The department does not collect the pupil's date of birth at Key Stage 3 and therefore cannot calculate the pupil's age standardised level.

Table 2: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the English test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	3.9	4.5	4.2	4.1	4.6	4.4	4.1	4.5	4.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.3	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.8	4.6
Grant Maintained school	4.3	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.8	4.6
All Schools	4.0	4.6	4.3	4.2	4.7	4.4	4.2	4.6	4.4
Modern
LEA Maintained	3.8	4.6	4.2	3.9	4.4	4.2	4.1	4.6	4.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	3.6	4.5	4.1	3.7	4.3	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.1
Grant Maintained school	3.9	4.3	4.1	4.0	4.5	4.2	4.0	4.4	4.2
All Schools	3.8	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.4	4.2	4.1	4.5	4.3
Grammar
LEA Maintained	5.6	6.2	6.0	5.8	6.2	6.1	5.3	5.9	5.7
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	5.9	6.4	6.1	6.1	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.8
Grant Maintained school	6.0	6.3	6.1	6.1	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.8
All Schools	5.9	6.2	6.1	6.0	6.3	6.2	5.6	5.9	5.8
City Technical Colleges	4.8	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.3	5.1	5.0	5.3	5.2
Other Maintained Schools	2.0	3.1	2.5	2.5	3.3	2.8	2.4	3.1	2.7
Other Grant Maintained schools	3.9	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.5	4.3
All Maintained schools	4.0	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.6	4.4
Independent	4.2	5.2	4.7	4.6	5.5	5.1	4.8	5.4	5.2
All Schools	4.0	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.8	4.5	4.2	4.7	4.4

Table 3: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 and above in the mathematics test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	34	32	33	30	30	30	30	29	30
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	39	38	39	35	35	35	36	33	34
Grant Maintained school	41	39	40	37	36	36	37	35	36
All Schools	36	34	35	32	32	32	32	31	31
Modern
LEA Maintained	25	26	25	20	20	20	21	20	20
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	16	19	18	17	16	16	17	17	17
Grant Maintained school	28	20	25	20	15	18	20	18	19
All Schools	26	24	25	20	19	19	20	19	20
Grammar
LEA Maintained	91	93	93	91	90	90	87	87	87
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	97	96	97	96	94	95	94	90	93
Grant Maintained school	96	96	96	95	95	95	93	90	92
All Schools	96	95	95	94	93	94	92	89	90
City Technical Colleges	56	48	52	49	43	46	42	38	40
Other Maintained Schools	11	14	12	9	13	10	9	12	11
Other Grant Maintained schools	37	32	35	27	29	28	34	23	29
All Maintained schools	37	36	36	33	33	33	33	32	33
Independent	62	68	65	59	63	61	66	67	66
All Schools	37	37	37	33	34	34	34	33	33

Table 4: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the mathematics test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6
Grant Maintained school	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7
All Schools	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
Modern
LEA Maintained	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1

Table 4: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the mathematics test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Grant Maintained school	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
All Schools	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
Grammar
LEA Maintained	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	6.8	6.6	6.7	6.8	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.5
Grant Maintained school	6.8	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.5
All Schools	6.7	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.3	6.4
City Technical Colleges	5.5	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.0
Other Maintained Schools	2.7	3.0	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.0	2.7	3.0	2.8
Other Grant Maintained schools	4.7	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.4
All Maintained schools	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
Independent	5.5	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.7	5.7	5.7
All Schools	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5

Table 5: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 and above in the science test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	27	24	26	20	17	19	24	20	22
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	33	30	31	24	21	23	29	23	26
Grant Maintained school	34	31	32	25	22	23	30	24	27
All Schools	29	26	28	22	19	20	26	21	23
Modern
LEA Maintained	19	21	20	11	11	11	14	11	12
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	14	10	11	7	5	6	10	5	8
Grant Maintained school	20	13	17	12	8	10	14	8	12
All Schools	19	17	18	11	10	10	14	10	12
Grammar
LEA Maintained	80	84	83	72	72	72	76	76	76
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	90	89	90	84	79	82	90	85	88
Grant Maintained school	89	88	88	81	80	81	87	82	85
All Schools	88	86	87	80	77	78	85	80	82
City Technical Colleges	52	39	46	41	30	36	43	33	38
Other Maintained Schools	9	10	9	5	6	6	7	7	7
Other Grant Maintained schools	30	21	26	13	15	14	25	13	20
All Maintained schools	31	28	29	23	20	22	27	23	25
Independent	42	55	49	37	47	43	48	51	50
All Schools	31	28	29	23	21	22	27	23	25

Table 6: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the science test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.5
Grant Maintained school	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.5	4.6
All Schools	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.3	4.4
Modern
LEA Maintained	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	4.0
Grant Maintained school	4.5	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2
All Schools	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2
Grammar
LEA Maintained	6.0	6.1	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	5.9
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	6.4	6.2	6.4	6.2	6.0	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.3
Grant Maintained school	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.3	6.1	6.2
All Schools	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.0	6.1

Table 6: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the science test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
City Technical Colleges	5.4	5.1	5.3	5.2	4.9	5.0	5.2	5.0	5.1
Other Maintained Schools	2.8	3.1	2.9	3.0	3.2	3.1	2.8	3.0	2.9
Other Grant Maintained schools	4.6	4.4	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.1	4.3
All Maintained schools	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4
Independent	4.7	5.2	5.0	4.7	5.2	5.0	5.2	5.4	5.3
All Schools	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4

Table 7: Number of schools and 14 year-olds participating in Key Stage 3 tests
	1997	1996	1995
	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	1,945	339,348	1,952	319,998	1,925	299,484
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	420	67,108	418	62,872	406	58,752
Grant Maintained school	492	86,737	478	76,481	461	72,985
All Schools	2,857	493,097	2,848	458,825	2,792	431,221
Modern
LEA Maintained	53	7,026	68	8,745	91	10,675
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	7	667	10	989	12	1,097
Grant Maintained school	31	4,379	35	4,842	36	4,407
All Schools	91	12,067	113	14,410	139	16,179
Grammar
LEA Maintained	45	5,779	47	5,915	53	6,752
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	22	2,791	21	2,586	21	2,920
Grant Maintained school	90	10,640	91	10,367	83	8,658
All Schools	157	19,207	159	18,630	157	18,149
City Technical Colleges	14	2,379	14	2,196	13	2,189
Other Maintained Schools	878	14,439	854	11,472	870	11,164
Other Grant Maintained schools	34	3,324	27	2,822	66	4,095
All Maintained schools	4,031	544,299	4,015	508,294	4,037	482,728
Independent	340	9,363	326	7,618	249	7,050
All Schools	4,371	553,662	4,341	515,912	4,286	489,778

Baroness Blatch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for England showing for comprehensive schools, modern schools, grammar schools, all state schools, independent and all schools taken together, the percentage of all 14 year-old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 passing National Curriculum tests at level 6 or better together with the average level attained per pupil and the corresponding average subject age of pupils, calculated using the relationship between expected National Curriculum level and actual pupil age published by the Department for Education and Employment, in the following subjects: mathematics, English and science, showing separately for the state

Key Stage 3
Table 1: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 or above in the English test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	14	27	21	16	29	22	11	22	16
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	20	35	28	21	36	29	15	28	22
Grant Maintained school	19	34	26	21	35	28	17	29	23
All Schools	16	30	23	18	31	24	12	24	18

schools the percentages and averages for local education authority schools, voluntary schools (including together voluntary controlled, voluntary aided and special agreement schools), grant-maintained schools and, where appropriate, CTCs showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 14 year-old pupils.[HL882]

Baroness Blackstone

The attached tables present the information requested for (i) English, (ii) mathematics, and (iii) science for 1995 to 1997 for boys and girls separately. The department does not collect the pupil's date of birth at Key Stage 3 and therefore cannot calculate the pupil's age standardised level.

Key Stage 3
Table 1: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 or above in the English test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Modern
LEA Maintained	9	27	18	10	20	15	9	20	14
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	7	23	17	7	23	16	5	11	8
Grant Maintained school	11	18	14	11	20	15	9	13	11
All Schools	10	23	17	10	21	15	9	18	13
Grammar
LEA Maintained	63	87	80	68	83	79	45	75	65
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	70	92	78	81	87	83	64	77	69
Grant Maintained school	75	87	80	79	86	82	64	72	68
All Schools	72	88	80	77	85	81	59	74	67
City Technical Colleges	23	39	31	29	42	36	24	40	32
Other Maintained Schools	5	16	10	4	13	8	3	9	5
Other Grant Maintained schools	17	27	21	15	30	22	17	20	18
All Maintained schools	17	31	24	19	32	26	14	26	20
Independent	30	57	44	35	57	47	33	56	45
All Schools	17	32	24	20	33	26	14	26	20

Table 2: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the English test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	3.9	4.5	4.2	4.1	4.6	4.4	4.1	4.5	4.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.3	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.8	4.6
Grant Maintained school	4.3	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.8	4.6
All Schools	4.0	4.6	4.3	4.2	4.7	4.4	4.2	4.6	4.4
Modern
LEA Maintained	3.8	4.6	4.2	3.9	4.4	4.2	4.1	4.6	4.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	3.6	4.5	4.1	3.7	4.3	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.1
Grant Maintained school	3.9	4.3	4.1	4.0	4.5	4.2	4.0	4.4	4.2
All Schools	3.8	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.4	4.2	4.1	4.5	4.3
Grammar
LEA Maintained	5.6	6.2	6.0	5.8	6.2	6.1	5.3	5.9	5.7
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	5.9	6.4	6.1	6.1	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.8
Grant Maintained school	6.0	6.3	6.1	6.1	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.8
All Schools	5.9	6.2	6.1	6.0	6.3	6.2	5.6	5.9	5.8
City Technical Colleges	4.8	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.3	5.1	5.0	5.3	5.2
Other Maintained Schools	2.0	3.1	2.5	2.5	3.3	2.8	2.4	3.1	2.7
Other Grant Maintained schools	3.9	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.5	4.3
All Maintained schools	4.0	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.6	4.4
Independent	4.2	5.2	4.7	4.6	5.5	5.1	4.8	5.4	5.2
All Schools	4.0	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.8	4.5	4.2	4.7	4.4

Table 3: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 or above in the mathematics test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	34	32	33	30	30	30	30	29	30
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	39	38	39	35	35	35	36	33	34
Grant Maintained school	41	39	40	37	36	36	37	35	36
All Schools	36	34	35	32	32	32	32	31	31
Modern
LEA Maintained	25	26	25	20	20	20	21	20	20
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	16	19	18	17	16	16	17	17	17
Grant Maintained school	28	20	25	20	15	18	20	18	19
All Schools	26	24	25	20	19	19	20	19	20

Table 3: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 or above in the mathematics test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Grammar
LEA Maintained	91	93	93	91	90	90	87	87	87
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	97	96	97	96	94	95	94	90	93
Grant Maintained school	96	96	96	95	95	95	93	90	92
All Schools	96	95	95	94	93	94	92	89	90
City Technical Colleges	56	48	52	49	43	46	42	38	40
Other Maintained Schools	11	14	12	9	13	10	9	12	11
Other Grant Maintained schools	37	32	35	27	29	28	34	23	29
All Maintained schools	37	36	36	33	33	33	33	32	33
Independent	62	68	65	59	63	61	66	67	66
All Schools	37	37	37	33	34	34	34	33	33

Table 4: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the mathematics test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6
Grant Maintained school	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7
All Schools	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
Modern
LEA Maintained	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Grant Maintained school	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
All Schools	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
Grammar
LEA Maintained	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	6.8	6.6	6.7	6.8	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.5
Grant Maintained school	6.8	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.5
All Schools	6.7	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.3	6.4
City Technical Colleges	5.5	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.0
Other Maintained Schools	2.7	3.0	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.0	2.7	3.0	2.8
Other Grant Maintained schools	4.7	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.4
All Maintained schools	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
Independent	5.5	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.7	5.7	5.7
All Schools	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5

Table 5: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 or above in the science test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	27	24	26	20	17	19	24	20	22
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	33	30	31	24	21	23	29	23	26
Grant Maintained school	34	31	32	25	22	23	30	24	27
All Schools	29	26	28	22	19	20	26	21	23
Modern
LEA Maintained	19	21	20	11	11	11	14	11	12
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	14	10	11	7	5	6	10	5	8
Grant Maintained school	20	13	17	12	8	10	14	8	12
All Schools	19	17	18	11	10	10	14	10	12
Grammar
LEA Maintained	80	84	83	72	72	72	76	76	76
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	90	89	90	84	79	82	90	85	88
Grant Maintained school	89	88	88	81	80	81	87	82	85
All Schools	88	86	87	80	77	78	85	80	82
City Technical Colleges	52	39	46	41	30	36	43	33	38

Table 5: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 or above in the science test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Other Maintained Schools	9	10	9	5	6	6	7	7	7
Other Grant Maintained schools	30	21	26	13	15	14	25	13	20
AH Maintained schools	31	28	29	23	20	22	27	23	25
Independent	42	55	49	37	47	43	48	51	50
All Schools	31	28	29	23	21	22	27	23	25

Table 6: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the science test
	1997	1996	1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.5
Grant Maintained school	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.5	4.6
All Schools	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.3	4.4
Modern
LEA Maintained	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	4.0
Grant Maintained school	4.5	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2
All Schools	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2
Grammar
LEA Maintained	6.0	6.1	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	5.9
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	6.4	6.2	6.4	6.2	6.0	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.3
Grant Maintained school	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.3	6.1	6.2
All Schools	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.0	6.1
City Technical Colleges	5.4	5.1	5.3	5.2	4.9	5.0	5.2	5.0	5.1
Other Maintained Schools	2.8	3.1	2.9	3.0	3.2	3.1	2.8	3.0	2.9
Other Grant Maintained schools	4.6	4.4	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.1	4.3
All Maintained schools	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4
Independent	4.7	5.2	5.0	4.7	5.2	5.0	5.2	5.4	5.3
All Schools	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4

Table 7: Number of schools and 14 year-olds participating in the Key Stage 3 tests
	1997	1996	1995
	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	1,945	339,348	1,952	319,998	1,925	299,484
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	420	67,108	418	62,872	406	58,752
Grant Maintained school	492	86,737	478	76,481	461	72,985
All Schools	2,857	493,097	2,848	458,825	2,792	431,221
Modern
LEA Maintained	53	7,026	68	8,745	91	10,675
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	7	667	10	989	12	1,097
Grant Maintained school	31	4,379	35	4,842	36	4,407
All Schools	91	12,067	113	14,410	139	16,179
Grammar
LEA Maintained	45	5,779	47	5,915	53	6,752
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	22	2,791	21	2,586	21	2,920
Grant Maintained school	90	10,640	91	10,367	83	8,658
All Schools	157	19,207	159	18,630	157	18,149
City Technical Colleges	14	2,379	14	2,196	13	2,189
Other Maintained Schools	878	14,439	854	11,472	870	11,164
Other Grant Maintained schools	34	3,324	27	2,822	66	4,095
All Maintained schools	4,031	544,299	4,015	508,294	4,037	482,728
Independent	340	9,363	326	7,618	249	7,050
All Schools	4,371	553,662	4,341	515,912	4,286	489,778