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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action his Department has taken to improve standards in primary schools in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency since 1997. [201106] Mr. Miliband: This year's results show that standards in primary schools are improving again. In English the percentage of 11 years olds achieving the expected level has increased by 3 (percentage) points to 78 per cent. and mathematics has increased by 1 (percentage) point to 74 per cent. Standards in primary schools in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency have improved dramatically. Since 1997 the Key Stage 2 results show an increase of 23.2 (percentage) points in English and 23.7 (percentage) points in mathematics, significantly above the national rates of improvement of 15 (percentage) points in English and 12 in mathematics. A summary of the improving outcomes is set out in the following table. Data for 2004 is not yet available at constituency level but will be provided when the Achievement and Attainment tables are published in mid-January. Information on education and skills by constituency is made available by the Department through the "In Your Area" website available at http:// www.dfes.gov.uk/inyourarea Key stage 1 (achievement at level 2 and above) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Reading Writing Maths 1997 73.8 73.5 79.7 1998 70.5 71.4 77.9 1999 71.3 71.9 81.0 2000 72.4 73.3 84.7 2001 74.2 74.3 81.7 2002 77.5 77.5 83.7 2003 77 77.1 84.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Key stage 2 (achievement at level 4 and above) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. English Maths 1997 48.5 48.3 1998 52.7 45.9 1999 56.9 61.5 2000 60.6 59.6 2001 70.4 62.6 2002 65.2 64.1 2003 71.7 72.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

201106; 428 c211W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Lewisham English language Primary education Reading Standards Schools Writing Mathematics

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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