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, 8 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 2 in each subject at Key Stage 1 in each year since the introduction of such assessments.

Answer

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

Reading: Key Stage 1: Task/test and teacher assessment results, percentage of students who achieved at or at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
1995	78	—	33
1996	78	—	30
1997	80	—	26
1998	80	62	26
1999	82	66	29
2000	83	68	28
2001	84	69	29
2002	84	69	30
2003	84	69	28
2004²	85	71	29
2005	85	72	27
2006	84	71	26
2007	84	71	26
2008	84	71	25
20094	84	72	26

Reading: Key Stage 1: Task/test and teacher assessment results, number of students who achieved at or at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
1995	466,500	—	199,600
1996	464,600	—	176,600
1997	489,500	—	160,300
1998	500,800	389,000	163,600
1999	513,000	412,000	184,300
2000	504,600	409,200	168,900
2001	505,700	413,600	174,400
2002	495,700	405,000	177,200
2003	487,900	401,300	162,200
2004²	499,100	415,700	168,000
2005	484,800	411,500	153,500
2006	474,500	400,600	143,900
2007	458,300	388,900	141,300
2008	450,600	382,800	135,900
20094	449,900	383,400	138,200

Writing: Key Stage 1: Task/test and teacher assessment results, percentage of students who achieved at or at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
1995	80	—	15
1996¹	79	—	6
1997	80	—	6
1998	81	48	7
1999	83	53	8
2000	84	57	9
2001	86	59	9
2002	86	60	9
2003	81	62	16
2004²	82	62	16
2005	82	62	15
2006	81	60	14
2007	80	59	13
2008	80	58	12
20094	81	60	12

Writing: Key Stage 1: Task/test and teacher assessment results, number of students who achieved at or at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
1995	477,300	—	88,200
1996¹	474,600	—	36,700
1997	490,200	—	36,900
1998	507,800	304,000	45,200
1999	519,600	335,400	51,000
2000	511,000	341,900	53,400
2001	515,800	353,100	57,100
2002	506,100	351,200	55,800
2003	471,000	358,700	93,400
2004²	480,900	362,900	93,500
2005	469,200	351,100	85,800
2006	457,300	339,100	78,300
2007	439,300	321,500	69,000
2008	429,800	314,000	65,300
20094	431,100	318,100	65,900

Mathematics: Key Stage 1: Task/test and teacher assessment results, percentage of students who achieved at or at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
1995	79	—	19
1996	82	—	19
1997	84	—	20
1998	84	61	19
1999	87	64	21
2000	90	73	25
2001	91	75	28
2002	90	76	31
2003	90	73	29
2004²	90	75	28
2005	91	74	23
2006	90	73	21
2007	90	74	22
2008	90	74	21
20094	89	74	21

Mathematics: Key Stage 1: Task/test and teacher assessment results, number of students who achieved at or at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
1995	470,700	—	116,200
1996	491,500	—	114,300
1997	512,700	—	124,400
1998	529,000	382,500	118,400
1999	544,000	399,000	134,000
2000	542,900	440,800	153,000
2001	546,100	454,300	166,700
2002	531,900	445,100	184,200
2003	523,300	426,000	169,400
2004²	531,500	443,600	165,700
2005	518,000	421,900	130,400
2006	507,300	410,600	120,400
2007	491,800	404,200	120,500
2008	481,500	395,600	114,400
20094	476,900	392,400	112,700

Sciences: Key Stage 1: Task/test and teacher assessment results, percentage of students who achieved at or at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
2005	90	—	25
2006	89	—	24
2007	89	—	23
2008	89	—	22
20094	89	—	22

Science: Key Stage 1: Task/test and teacher assessment results, number of students who achieved at or at or above the given level
	Level 2	Level 2B³	Level 3
2005	510,500	—	142,400
2006	501,400	—	133,000
2007	486,100	—	125,200
2008	476,300	—	118,800
20094	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.
4 All figures are based on final data, with the exception of 2009 which is based on provisional data.
Notes:
Numbers are rounded to nearest 100.
Percentages are rounded to nearest percentage point.

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