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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 in receipt of free school meals achieved at least level (a) 2 and (b) 2b in each subject at Key Stage 1 in each year since the introduction of such assessments.
Answer

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

Percentage of pupils achieving each level in key stage 1 assessments by free school meals eligibility. Years: 2002 to 2009. Coverage: England
Percentage of pupils achieving:
No. of eligible pupils Absent/ unable Disapplied Working towards level 1 1 2C 2B 2A 3 4 2+
Reading
2002 106,152 — — — — — — — — — 69
2003 102,793 — — — — — — — — — 69
2004 108,726 — — — — — — — — — 70
2005 101,276 0 0 8 22 18 24 17 11 0 70
2006 95,430 0 0 8 23 18 24 17 10 0 69
2007 94,221 0 0 8 24 17 23 18 11 0 69
2008 90,638 0 0 7 24 17 23 18 10 0 69
2009 92,439 0 0 6 23 17 24 18 11 0 71
Writing
2002 (Writing) 106,153 — — — — — — — — — 72
2002 (Spelling) 106,151 — — — — — — — — — 61
2003 102,794 — — — — — — — — — 64
2004 108,728 — — — — — — — — — 66
2005 101,285 0 0 11 22 26 23 12 5 0 66
2006 95,430 0 0 11 24 26 22 12 5 ¹— 65
2007 94,221 0 0 11 26 26 22 11 4 0 63
2008 90,637 0 0 10 26 26 22 11 4 ¹— 64
2009 92,437 0 0 8 26 26 24 12 4 0 66
Mathematics
2002 106,152 — — — — — — — — — 81
2003 102,794 — — — — — — — — — 80
2004 108,728 — — — — — — — — — 80
2005 101,301 0 0 5 13 25 26 21 10 0 81
2006 95,430 0 0 5 14 25 26 20 9 ¹— 80
2007 94,221 0 0 5 15 23 26 21 9 0 80
2008 90,638 0 0 5 16 23 26 21 9 ¹— 79
2009 92,455 0 0 4 16 23 28 20 9 0 80
Science
2005 101,306 0 — 3 18 — 68 — 11 0 78
2006 95,423 0 — 3 19 — 68 — 10 0 78
2007 94,218 0 — 3 19 — 68 — 9 0 77
2008 90,638 0 — 3 19 — 68 — 9 0 77
2009 92,425 0 — 3 19 — 69 — 9 0 78
¹ Indicates figure suppressed due to small cohort size.
Notes:
1. Pupil level collection of FSM eligibility began with the 2002 School Census, therefore no data are available prior to 2002.
2. Figures prior to 2004 are based on tests, 2004 are based on a combination of test and teacher assessment, 2005 and later based on teacher assessment.
3. Science figures are unavailable prior to 2005 as science test results were not collected centrally.
4. In 2003 significant changes were introduced to the assessment of writing. A separate level for spelling was not reported separately, instead marks for spelling contributed to the pupils' writing level and there was a new mark scheme for the two writing tasks.
5. Level distributions prior to 2005 are not available.
6. Percentages rounded to nearest percentage point.
7. Data cover maintained schools only.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c695-8W; 317745
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Disadvantaged National curriculum tests
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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