Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 10 June 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 June 1999. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 June 1999 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

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Dept for Education and Employment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of 11 year old (a) male, (b) female and (c) male and female pupils in each local education authority attained (i) Level 3 or better, (ii) Level 4 or better and (iii) Level 5 or better, in the 1998 Key Stage 2 tests for mathematics; and what was the average level per pupil; what percentage of 11 year old pupils in each local education authority in maintained schools were entered for the 1998 Key Stage 2 SAT tests in mathematics but were absent; what percentage of 11 year old (a) male, (b) female and (c) male and female pupils, in each local education authority attained (i) Level 3 or better, (ii) Level 4 or better and (iii) Level 5 or better, in the 1998 Key Stage 2 tests in the (1) writing, (2) reading and (3) combined test for English; and what was the average level per pupil; what percentage of 11 year old pupils in each local education authority in maintained schools were entered for the 1998 Key Stage 2 SAT tests in (a) writing, (b) reading and (c) both for English but were absent. - Information requested is shown in tables, copies in Library.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

333 c130W; 87016;87017;87019;87020

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Assessments Curriculum English language Pupils National curriculum tests Reading Standards Literacy Mathematics Numeracy

Contains statistics

Yes