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Literacy: Greater London

Volume 471: debated on Tuesday 29 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of children met the Government’s literacy and numeracy targets in each London borough in each of the last five years. (180608)

Tables 1 and 2 provide the information requested on the percentage of pupils achieving national curriculum level 4 or above at key stage 2 in English and in mathematics; and level 5 or above in English and in mathematics at key stage 3. Level 4 is the level expected to be reached by pupils at the end of key stage 2 (i.e. about age 11), and level 5 is that expected by pupils at the end of key stage 3 (at age 14). There are no targets for the current comprehensive spending review that relate to literacy and mathematics at key stage 4 (i.e. when pupils take GCSEs and equivalent qualifications). However, the information on the percentage of pupils achieving five or more higher grades at GCSE including English and mathematics in each London borough is published and is included in table 3.

Information on the number of pupils achieving the target levels in each local authority is not available.

Table 1: Percentage of pupils attaining level 4 or better at the end of key stage 2 for each London authority, 2003 to 2007

2003

2004

2005

2006

20071

LA name

English

Maths

English

Maths

English

Maths

English

Maths

English

Maths

Barking and Dagenham

71

69

73

71

75

70

74

73

77

76

Barnet

81

78

84

81

84

81

85

82

85

82

Bexley

77

69

79

71

80

74

81

75

84

79

Brent

77

72

78

74

78

73

79

73

80

75

Bromley

83

78

83

78

84

77

85

79

84

78

Camden

78

74

77

73

79

73

75

72

78

76

City of London

97

79

80

73

83

74

64

71

96

96

Croydon

78

71

79

74

78

72

81

75

81

75

Ealing

77

73

78

73

79

75

79

75

80

78

Enfield

78

72

77

73

77

73

79

72

78

75

Greenwich

70

67

70

68

73

68

74

71

73

72

Hackney

63

59

70

65

69

64

71

64

73

66

Hammersmith and Fulham

79

76

77

73

79

74

81

74

81

78

Haringey

67

66

70

67

73

68

75

70

76

74

Harrow

82

77

84

80

82

78

85

79

82

79

Havering

80

78

81

78

85

81

84

80

84

81

Hillingdon

80

75

79

77

80

77

81

77

82

77

Hounslow

76

73

77

73

79

75

80

77

79

77

Islington

69

68

71

68

74

68

74

68

77

74

Kensington and Chelsea

84

79

87

82

84

81

85

80

87

83

Kingston upon Thames

83

77

85

80

86

82

86

82

85

81

Lambeth

72

67

76

70

76

68

78

70

77

71

Lewisham

73

69

73

70

77

72

79

71

76

74

Merton

75

66

75

72

78

74

81

75

79

77

Newham

68

67

71

70

75

72

76

72

75

73

Redbridge

78

74

79

77

83

79

82

78

84

81

Richmond upon Thames

87

82

87

83

88

85

89

85

88

84

Southwark

70

62

69

64

72

67

74

69

76

72

Sutton

81

77

80

76

83

78

83

79

85

82

Tower Hamlets

74

71

77

75

78

76

80

78

81

78

Waltham Forest

70

68

73

69

73

69

77

72

76

75

Wandsworth

75

67

75

71

80

72

78

73

80

77

Westminster

80

77

82

77

81

76

84

76

83

77

National average

75

73

78

74

79

75

79

76

80

77

1 Amended figures following publication of the Primary Achievement and Attainment Tables in December 2007.

Table 2: Percentage of pupils attaining level 5 or better at the end of key stage 3 for each London authority, 2003 to 2007

2003

2004

2005

2006

20071

LA name

English

Maths

English

Maths

English

Maths

English

Maths

English

Maths

Barking and Dagenham

62

61

65

65

66

66

67

70

70

69

Barnet

73

76

78

78

82

80

81

82

79

80

Bexley

71

73

75

77

76

74

74

77

78

77

Brent

64

66

70

72

73

74

74

76

70

73

Bromley

73

76

80

77

80

79

80

82

83

80

Camden

68

65

73

70

76

72

75

76

77

73

City of London

Croydon

66

68

70

72

75

71

73

74

73

75

Ealing

68

69

73

72

75

72

73

76

74

75

Enfield

67

68

70

71

72

72

71

74

74

73

Greenwich

61

61

63

60

67

63

68

68

67

66

Hackney

59

52

59

56

60

58

64

65

69

69

Hammersmith and Fulham

62

67

64

67

73

73

77

77

74

76

Haringey

52

55

59

58

65

62

61

64

65

65

Harrow

71

75

76

77

82

79

80

81

78

78

Havering

72

76

81

79

80

81

79

81

77

81

Hillingdon

65

73

71

74

74

73

70

76

75

75

Hounslow

71

68

70

71

76

71

76

77

74

76

Islington

49

57

55

59

64

61

61

64

63

64

Kensington and Chelsea

79

72

80

76

81

76

87

84

87

81

Kingston upon Thames

79

80

80

83

80

83

84

84

85

84

Lambeth

61

62

69

66

71

65

72

71

69

72

Lewisham

60

60

64

64

66

65

70

70

68

70

Merton

65

67

66

68

75

71

67

71

75

73

Newham

55

60

63

62

67

66

64

68

68

67

Redbridge

75

76

78

79

82

80

81

83

79

81

Richmond upon Thames

74

72

77

75

75

73

80

79

76

79

Southwark

51

52

63

58

66

59

66

65

66

65

Sutton

75

79

83

82

84

82

86

87

80

84

Tower Hamlets

54

55

57

58

67

61

65

68

62

65

Waltham Forest

60

62

68

66

74

67

70

71

68

68

Wandsworth

62

63

68

67

73

70

71

73

71

73

Westminster

69

65

68

68

76

69

69

74

66

74

National average

69

71

71

73

74

74

73

77

74

76

1 2007 provisional figures shown. 2007 amended figures not yet available.

Table 3: Percentage of pupils attaining five or more GCSEs, including English and mathematics, at grades C and above for each London authority, 2003 to 2007

Result

LA name

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Barking and Dagenham

31.8

31.5

33.6

37.6

39.2

Barnet

49.6

51.7

52.6

55.5

59.3

Bexley

42.2

44.2

45.5

50.2

49.7

Brent

40.1

41.9

467

48.8

49.5

Bromley

48.3

48.6

51.3

54.0

55.3

Camden

40.1

42.8

40.6

45.3

45.1

City of London

Croydon

36.0

37.6

40.4

42.4

44.1

Ealing

39.6

39.4

45.9

48.2

49.0

Enfield

38.3

40.5

42.3

42.8

47.4

Greenwich

26.4

29.5

34.0

31.3

33.9

Hackney

26.5

32.1

34.2

36.4

41.3

Hammersmith and Fulham

42.6

42.1

46.6

48.9

57.8

Haringey

28.8

31.1

32.2

34.2

37.1

Harrow

47.4

49.7

49.8

53.3

56.0

Havering

49.8

51.0

49.7

54.5

53.6

Hillingdon

36.2

37.1

38.7

43.3

44.4

Hounslow

40.4

42.5

46.1

50.7

50.2

Islington

22.5

28.9

29.9

32.2

37.0

Kensington and Chelsea

45.1

45.6

52.5

53.9

56.4

Kingston upon Thames

58.4

54.8

59.6

58.6

61.3

Lambeth

30.1

37.2

37.3

41.4

41.1

Lewisham

30.1

32.4

37.1

40.7

40.4

Merton

36.0

36.1

38.3

39.4

39.7

Newham

34.2

37.6

40.3

41.1

44.1

Redbridge

54.9

55.6

56.0

59.0

61.2

Richmond upon Thames

48.2

47.9

46.5

49.5

47.7

Southwark

26.3

28.7

31.4

34.2

38.3

Sutton

56.3

58.7

59.4

62.7

64.7

Tower Hamlets

25.5

28.1

30.2

33.5

36.3

Waltham Forest

34.5

33.4

36.5

38.7

42.0

Wandsworth

37.1

38.4

41.4

41.6

46.6

Westminster

37.1

36.1

37.8

40.5

45.6

National average

41.9

42.7

44.3

45.3

46.0