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]
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 | |||||
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]
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 |