Written question asked by Maria Miller (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 15 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

National Curriculum Tests

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children achieved at least level 3 in each subject at Key Stage 1 in each year since such assessments were introduced.

Answer

[holding answer 22 February 2010]: The information is shown in the following tables.

Reading: Key Stage 1
Task/test and Teacher Assessment Results
	% of students who achieved at or above the given level	No. of students achieving at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
1995	78	—	33	466,500	—	199,600
1996	78	—	30	464,600	—	176,600
1997	80	—	26	489,500	—	160,300
1998	80	62	26	500,800	389,000	163,600
1999	82	66	29	513,000	412,000	184,300
2000	83	68	28	504,600	409,200	168,900
2001	84	69	29	505,700	413,600	174,400
2002	84	69	30	495,700	405,000	177,200
2003	84	69	28	487,900	401,300	162,200
2004²	85	71	29	499,100	415,700	168,000
2005	85	72	27	484,800	411,500	153,500
2006	84	71	26	474,500	400,600	143,900
2007	84	71	26	458,300	388,900	141,300
2008	84	71	25	450,600	382,800	135,900
2009 (provisional)	84	72	26	449,900	383,400	138,200

Writing: Key Stage 1
Task/test and Teacher Assessment Results
	% of students who achieved at or above the given level	No. of students who achieved at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
1995	80	—	15	477,300	—	88,200
1996¹	79	—	6	474,600	—	36,700
1997	80	—	6	490,200	—	36,900
1998	81	48	7	507,800	304,000	45,200
1999	83	53	8	519,600	335,400	51,000
2000	84	57	9	511,000	341,900	53,400
2001	86	59	9	515,800	353,100	57,100
2002	86	60	9	506,100	351,200	55,800
2003	81	62	16	471,000	358,700	93,400
2004²	82	62	16	480,900	362,900	93,500
2005	82	62	15	469,200	351,100	85,800
2006	81	60	14	457,300	339,100	78,300
2007	80	59	13	439,300	321,500	69,000
2008	80	58	12	429,800	314,000	65,300
2009 (provisional)	81	60	12	431,100	318,100	65,900

Mathematics: Key Stage 1
Task/test and Teacher Assessment Results
	% of students who achieved at or above the given level	No. of students who achieved at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
1995	79	—	19	470,700	—	116,200
1996	82	—	19	491,500	—	114,300
1997	84	—	20	512,700	—	124,400
1998	84	61	19	529,000	382,500	118,400
1999	87	64	21	544,000	399,000	134,000
2000	90	73	25	542,900	440,800	153,000
2001	91	75	28	546,100	454,300	166,700
2002	90	76	31	531,900	445,100	184,200
2003	90	73	29	523,300	426,000	169,400
2004²	90	75	28	531,500	443,600	165,700
2005	91	74	23	518,000	421,900	130,400
2006	90	73	21	507,300	410,600	120,400
2007	90	74	22	491,800	404,200	120,500
2008	90	74	21	481,500	395,600	114,400
2009 (provisional)	89	74	21	476,900	392,400	112,700

Science: Key Stage 1
Teacher Assessment Results
	% of students who achieved at or above the given level	No. of Students who achieved at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
2005	90	—	25	510,500	—	142,400
2006	89	—	24	501,400	—	133,000
2007	89	—	23	486,100	—	125,200
2008	89	—	22	476,300	—	118,800
2009 (provisional)	89	—	22	473,800	—	116,700
¹ The assessment of writing changed in 1996 and is not comparable to earlier years.
² Figures prior to 2004 are based on task/test assessments. Figures for 2004 are based on a combination of task/test assessment in non-pilot schools and new post-2004 teacher assessment arrangements in pilot schools. Figures for 2005 onward are based on post-2004 teacher assessment arrangements. There were no test/task reporting arrangements for science, therefore data prior to 2005 are not available. Figures from 2004 onwards are not directly comparable with those prior to 2004, and care is needed in interpreting trends in the data.
³ Prior to 1998 data on sub-levels are not available. Science data is not reported at sub-level therefore figures for 2B are not available.
Notes:
1. All figures are based on final data, with the exception of 2009 which is based on provisional data.
2. Numbers are rounded to nearest 100.
3. Percentages are rounded to nearest percentage point.

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