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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) males and (b) females achieved level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science in the (A) 10 per cent. most deprived wards and (B) 10 per cent. least deprived wards in 2004. [196399] Mr. Miliband: The information provided is the latest available and is shown in the following tables. The information has been provided on two bases--one showing the information based on the location of the school, the other based on the residency of the pupil. Number of males and females achieving level 4 or above at Key Stage 2: 2004 (provisional)--Based on school location _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Males Females All All males 10% most deprived 10% least deprived All 10% most deprived 10% least deprived pupils areas1 areas1 females areas1 areas1 Subject % % No. % No. % % No. % No. % English 77 72 18,226 59 27,077 82 83 21,545 72 28,465 90 Maths 74 74 19,402 62 27,418 83 74 18,684 63 26,050 83 Science 86 86 23,547 76 30,315 92 86 22,789 76 29,054 92 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of males and females achieving level 4 or above at Key Stage 2: 2003 (final)--Based on pupil residency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Males Females All All males 10% most deprived 10% least deprived All 10% most deprived 10% least deprived pupils areas1 areas1 females areas1 areas1 Subject % % No. % No. % % No. % No. % English 75 70 21,112 54 25,404 84 81 24,891 67 25,981 91 Maths 73 73 23,478 60 25,640 85 72 21,801 58 23,833 84 Science 87 86 29,633 75 28,426 94 87 28,602 76 26,944 95 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The measure of deprivation used is the 2004 Index of Multiple Deprivation based on Super Output Areas (SOAs), rather than the 2000 Index of Multiple Deprivation based on Wards. The SOAs are a new geography designed by the Office for National Statistics for the collection and publication of small area statistics. They have been designed to provide an improved basis for comparison across the country because the units are more similar in population size.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c2133-6W;426 c2139-42W; 196399

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Assessments Women English language Pupils Primary education Men Standards Science Mathematics Social class

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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