The following table lists the percentage of Key Stage 2 pupils achieving Level 4 or above in English and mathematics, and the percentage of pupils achieving five or more A*-C at GCSE including English and mathematics in 1997 and 2008 for every London local authority.
Local authority 1997 20081 19972 20083 City of London 73 83 — — Camden 53 74 35.1 45.8 Hackney 38 65 17.3 42.6 Hammersmith and Fulham 49 73 32.5 55.6 Islington 46 70 16.5 38.9 Kensington and Chelsea 56 81 28.0 59.9 Lambeth 42 69 18.6 47.1 Lewisham 44 71 19.4 45.9 Southwark 40 70 17.1 42.7 Tower Hamlets 37 74 15.0 41.2 Wandsworth 50 73 23.2 50.1 Westminster 54 73 22.5 49.7 Haringey 43 66 17.9 42.1 Newham 36 68 23.2 45.3 Greenwich 40 69 19.9 40.4 Barking and Dagenham 41 69 22.0 39.2 Barnet 60 79 42.2 61.1 Bexley 56 76 35.6 51.4 Brent 51 72 30.1 55.8 Bromley 65 77 42.5 59.5 Croydon 52 72 28.4 47.6 Ealing 51 73 28.2 52.1 Enfield 49 75 31.4 48.0 Harrow 60 77 40.0 57.7 Havering 59 78 37.9 55.6 Hillingdon 56 72 30.1 46.4 Hounslow 49 73 31.3 51.8 Kingston upon Thames 62 79 44.7 62.5 Merton 46 73 30.1 46.2 Redbridge 52 76 39.3 63.9 Richmond upon Thames 67 84 36.5 54.0 Sutton 58 77 47.3 67.2 Waltham Forest 45 71 25.0 44.2 1 The 2008 KS2 figures are derived from the 2008 Achievement and Attainment Tables (AATs). 2 Figures for 1997 relate to 15-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August) and include GCSE and GNVQ only. 3 Figures for 2008 relate to pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 and include both GCSE and QCDA-approved equivalences.