§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimates he has made of how 729W many schools will achieve the target of 85 per cent. of children attaining level 4 at Key Stage Two by 2004. [102294]
§ Mr. MilibandThere is no Public Service Agreement (PSA) target for the number of individual schools achieving 85 per cent. The Spending Review 2000 set a target to increase the percentage of children who achieve level 4 in each of the Key Stage 2 English and maths tests to 85 per cent. This PSA has been rolled forward as part of Spending Review 2002, with a view to sustaining this level of performance to 2006. In the 2002 tests, 75 per cent. of pupils nationally achieved level 4 or above in English and 73 per cent. did so in mathematics.