HC Deb 03 April 2003 vol 402 c819W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what change there has been in SAT results of primary schools students over the last five years. [106512]

Mr. Miliband

The National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies have brought about significant improvements in primary school test results over the last five years. The tables below show the percentage of seven and 11 year olds achieving the expected level in the Key Stage 1 and 2 tests.

Key Stage 1 test results (percentage of children achieving level 2 or above)
1998 1999 2000 2001 20021
English2
Reading 80 82 83 84 84
Writing 81 83 84 86 86
Spelling 66 71 72 75 78
Mathematics 84 87 90 91 90
1 Provisional
2 There is no overall English result at Key Stage 1.

Key Stage 2 test results ( percentage of children achieving level 4 and above)
1998 1999 2000 2001 20021
English 65 71 75 75 75
Mathematics 59 69 72 71 73
Science 69 78 85 87 86
1 Provisional

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of school pupils achieved level 4 at Key Stage 2 in(a) English and (b) maths in (i) England and (ii) schools in the Buckingham constituency in 2002. [106766]

Mr. Miliband

The percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above in the 2002 Key Stage 2 tests in (i) England and (ii) schools in the Buckingham constituency:

Percentage
English
Buckingham 83
England 75
Mathematics
Buckingham 80
England 73