§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish data for Northern Ireland derived from the results of National Curriculum tests for Key Stage 1 for each of the years 1994 to 1997 showing for each current (1997) local education 118WA authority the total number of 7 year-old pupils in state primary schools, the number of such 7 year-old pupils obtaining each of 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 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; and [HL865]
Whether they will publish data for Northern Ireland showing of all state schools, independent schools 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 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, reading (where appropriate, showing data separately for 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; and [HL868]
Whether they will publish data for Northern Ireland showing of all state schools, independent schools 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 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 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; and [HL880]
Whether they will publish data for Northern Ireland showing for secondary schools, grammar schools, all state schools, independent schools 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 data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including for each category of school, the 119WA number of schools and the number of 14-year old pupils; and [HL902]
Whether they will publish data for Northern Ireland showing for secondary schools, grammar schools, all state schools, independent schools 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 data separately for each type of state school the percentages and averages for local education authority schools, girls and all pupils and including, for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 14 year-old pupils. [HL903]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Lord Dubs)The information is not available in the form requested. There are no assessment tests in Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 in Northern Ireland. Assessment in Key Stages 1 and 2 is based on teacher assessment supported by assessment units, assessment in Key Stage 1 is at the end of year 4 (pupils aged 8), science is not assessed at Key Stage 1 or 2, and there are no direct equivalent categories of the schools requested.
The information shown is the percentage of pupils achieving each level in statutory assessment in 1997, the percentage achieving level 2 or above in Key Stage 1 and the percentage achieving Level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 and the percentage achieving level 6 or above in Key Stage 3 in all schools in each education and library board area in Northern Ireland. As a result of a boycott of assessment by some teachers the results for some 22 per cent. of pupils are not available in Key Stages 1 and 2 and the results of some 6 per cent. are not available in Key Stage 3.
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Key Stage 2 Subject: English Per cent. Working towards Level 1 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 4 or above Boys BELB 0.1 1.1 14.1 36.2 36.6 11.9 48.5 NEELB 0.1 0.5 9.5 32.3 46.4 11.3 57.7 SEELB 0.0 0.2 6.3 30.3 46.8 16.3 63.1 SELB 0.1 0.4 8.9 31.2 51.3 8.2 59.5 WELB 0.0 1.4 12.5 31.5 46.1 8.4 54.5 Girls BELB 0.0 0.6 6.9 29.6 43.8 19.0 62.8 NEELB 0.0 0.5 5.0 23.4 52.6 18.4 71.0 SEELB 0.0 0.0 3.3 21.9 51.1 23.6 74.7 SELB 0.0 0.3 3.2 24.2 57.6 14.8 72.4 WELB 0.1 0.8 5.9 28.1 53.5 11.6 65.1 1996–97 was the first year of statutory assessment in Northern Ireland: information is not available for earlier years.
Statutory Assessment 1997 Key Stage 1 Subject: English Per cent. Working towards Level 1 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 2 and above Boys BELB 0.7 12.9 61.3 25.1 86.4 NEELB 0.8 8.8 66.1 24.3 90.4 SEELB 0.3 6.7 62.9 30.1 93.0 SELB 0.5 10.0 75.3 14.3 89.6 WELB 1.2 15.7 67.0 16.2 83.2 Girls BELB 0.3 6.9 58.5 34.3 92.8 NEELB 0.3 3.8 60.3 35.6 95.9 SEELB 0.1 3.6 53.9 42.5 96.4 SELB 0.2 4.0 74.3 21.4 95.7 WELB 0.6 6.0 69.6 23.9 93.5 121WA
Key Stage 1 Subject: Mathematics Per cent. Working towards Level 1 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 2 and above Boys BELB 1.1 12.3 55.9 30.7 86.6 NEELB 0.7 8.2 59.0 32.2 91.2 SEELB 0.3 6.9 56.8 36.0 92.8 SELB 0.7 8.2 74.2 16.9 91.1 WELB 1.4 12.9 69.6 16.0 85.6 Girls BELB 0.4 8.8 60.0 30.8 90.8 NEELB 0.3 4.6 60.5 34.6 95.1 SEELB 0.1 5.0 55.2 39.6 94.8 SELB 0.1 5.1 74.4 20.4 94.8 WELB 0.6 6.6 75.0 17.7 92.7
Key Stage 2 Subject: Mathematics Per cent. Working towards Level 1 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 4 or above Boys BELB 0.1 1.2 10.0 31.6 29.3 27.9 57.2 NEELB 0.1 0.5 6.6 25.2 35.9 31.6 67.5 SEELB 0.0 0.4 4.6 23.1 37.6 34.3 71.9 SELB 0.1 1.1 6.1 24.5 45.5 22.7 68.2 WELB 0.0 1.6 9.0 26.4 37.4 25.5 62.9 Girls BELB 0.2 0.6 6.3 28.7 35.1 29.2 64.3 NEELB 0.1 0.6 4.5 21.4 40.6 32.9 73.5 SEELB 0.0 0.1 3.2 20.4 39.6 36.7 76.3 SELB 0.0 0.5 3.4 19.7 47.5 29.0 76.5 WELB 0.3 1.1 5.1 26.8 41.6 25.1 66.7
Key Stage 3 Secondary (Non-Grammar) Schools Subject: English Number of Schools: 154 Number of Pupils: 14,970 Per cent. Not achieving Level 3 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 6 or above Boys BELB 6.6 28.8 37.9 18.6 7.3 0.7 0.0 8.0 NEELB 5.1 20.4 44.6 19.6 8.6 1.3 0.4 10.3 SEELB 6.0 20.0 38.4 23.3 10.8 1.4 0.1 12.3 SELB 6.6 19.1 34.7 22.2 13.7 2.8 1.0 17.4 WELB 9.0 27.2 35.0 18.8 8.5 1.3 0.2 10.0 Girls BELB 2.5 12.7 34.0 24.9 20.8 4.7 0.5 26.0 NEELB 2.9 8.4 34.3 30.7 17.8 4.9 0.9 23.7 SEELB 4.6 9.6 28.6 33.4 19.7 3.5 0.5 23.7 SELB 3.0 6.3 25.3 26.9 27.2 9.1 2.1 38.5 WELB 3.4 10.9 31.4 28.1 20.6 4.8 0.9 26.2 122WA
Key Stage 3 Secondary (Non-Grammar) Schools Subject: Mathematics Number of Schools: 150 Number of Pupils: 14,999 Per cent. Not achieving Level 3 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 6 or above Boys BELB 7.4 27.7 26.8 26.8 10.6 0.6 0.0 11.2 NEELB 1.8 16.1 21.7 35.4 22.2 1.9 0.8 24.9 SEELB 1.1 14.3 22.5 40.1 20.2 1.8 0.0 22.0 SELB 2.5 13.9 21.0 35.0 20.7 6.2 0.7 27.7 WELB 3.6 18.8 23.5 31.3 20.0 2.6 0.1 22.8 Girls BELB 2.5 17.7 27.6 33.5 16.9 1.8 0.0 18.7 NEELB 1.8 16.1 21.7 35.4 22.2 1.9 0.8 24.9 SEELB 1.5 1 1.6 23.2 37.6 23.9 2.1 0.0 26.1 SELB 1.3 8.7 19.1 31.4 27.0 10.9 1.7 39.6 WELB 1.4 13.2 22.8 31.1 28.5 2.9 0.0 31.4 123WA
Key Stage 3 Secondary (Non-Grammar) Schools Subject: Science Number of Schools: 153 Number of Pupils: 15,047 Per cent. Not achieving Level 3 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 6 or above Boys BELB 5.3 22.2 47.6 21.9 2.7 0.2 0.0 2.9 NEELB 1.5 11.2 45.3 33.0 7.0 1.8 0.1 8.9 SEELB 1.5 13.5 46.9 33.4 4.5 0.1 0.0 4.6 SELB 2.4 13.6 39.4 30.1 10.4 3.6 0.5 14.5 WELB 3.3 16.1 44.8 29.9 5.2 0.7 0.0 6.0 Girls BELB 3.9 17.0 45.4 27.9 5.0 0.7 0.0 5.8 NEELB 1.7 12.7 44.9 33.8 5.2 1.7 0.1 7.0 SEELB 1.5 12.0 46.8 35.0 4.5 0.2 0.0 4.7 SELB 1.2 10.9 37.6 30.4 13.4 6.2 0.3 19.9 WELB 1.5 14.3 45.9 34.0 3.9 0.4 0.0 4.3
Key Stage 3 Grammar Schools Subject: English Number of Schools: 65 Number of Pupils: 8,439 Per cent. Not achieving Level 3 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 6 or above Boys BELB 1.0 0.3 2.7 16.1 53.6 20.2 6.2 80.0 NEELB 3.2 0.0 0.4 25.4 49.4 17.2 4.3 70.9 SEELB 1.3 0.0 0.0 21.4 51.9 20.7 4.6 77.2 SELB 3.9 0.0 1.5 30.7 47.0 15.4 1.4 63.8 WELB 2.2 0.0 1.3 29.7 51.7 12.7 2.3 66.8 Girls BELB 0.1 0.1 0.2 9.5 46.9 31.3 12.0 90.2 NEELB 0.5 0.0 0.3 9.9 44.5 32.7 12.2 89.3 SEELB 0.4 0.0 0.0 7.3 39.3 36.2 16.8 92.3 SELB 0.9 0.0 0.6 20.0 50.4 23.2 5.0 78.5 WELB 0.2 0.1 0.0 8.9 50.8 30.1 9.8 90.7 124WA125WA
Key Stage 3 Grammar Schools Subject: Mathematics Number of Schools: 65 Number of Pupils: 8,429 Per cent. Not achieving Level 3 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 6 or above Boys BELB 0.3 0.0 0.6 8.3 40.0 35.5 15.3 90.8 NEELB 0.1 0.0 0.0 5.4 30.7 48.9 14.9 94.5 SEELB 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 24.2 44.0 30.1 98.3 SELB 2.2 0.0 0.0 7.9 33.1 42.6 14.2 89.9 WELB 0.4 0.0 0.0 6.3 33.4 49.0 10.9 93.3 Girls BELB 0.3 0.0 0.3 5.4 31.3 39.1 23.7 94.0 NEELB 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.5 31.2 54.9 11.4 97.4 SEELB 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 22.2 54.2 21.6 98.0 SELB 0.6 0.0 0.5 5.6 31.9 57.0 4.5 93.4 WELB 0.2 0.0 0.0 5.3 33.5 47.8 13.2 94.5 126WA
Key Stage 3 Grammar Schools Subject: Science Number of Schools: 65 Number of Pupils: 8,399 Per cent. Not achieving Level 3 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 6 or above Boys BELB 0.3 0.0 2.4 18.7 36.4 37.6 4.6 78.7 NEELB 0.0 0.0 0.8 16.5 36.1 40.5 6.0 82.6 SEELB 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.2 40.0 48.1 8.5 96.6 SELB 0.2 0.0 3.7 20.2 37.2 35.3 3.4 75.9 WELB 0.6 0.0 1.6 14.6 37.5 41.5 4.1 83.2 Girl BELB 0.1 0.0 1.0 24.0 32.2 38.5 4.2 74.9 NEELB 0.3 0.0 0.7 13.4 42.5 38.4 4.8 85.7 SEELB 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 48.1 44.1 7.4 99.6 SELB 0.3 0.0 2.9 15.6 47.7 30.4 3.1 81.2 WELB 0.2 0.0 0.8 12.6 43.0 39.3 4.0 86.3