Primary Education: West Sussex
(asked on 24th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the level of performance in West Sussex in the 2016 Key Stage 2 results in (a) reading, (b) mathematics and (c) reading, writing and mathematics; and if she will rank all local authorities in England by performance in those subjects.
West Sussex County Council is ranked joint 49th lowest for the percentage of students reaching the expected standard in reading, joint 5th lowest for mathematics and joint 5th lowest in reading, mathematics and writing combined.
The information that you requested is given in the table below shows Key stage 2 attainment in reading, mathematics and reading, writing and mathematics for West Sussex local authority and England (State-funded schools1).
West Sussex | Number of eligible pupils2 | Percentage reaching the expected standard3 | Percentage achieving a high score4 | Average scaled score5 |
Reading | 8,276 | 64 | 20 | 102 |
Mathematics | 8,276 | 63 | 13 | 102 |
Reading, writing and mathematics | 8,276 | 44 | 2 | Not Applicable |
England (state-funded schools) | Number of eligible pupils | Percentage reaching the expected standard | Percentage achieving a high score | Average scaled score |
Reading | 586,337 | 66 | 19 | 103 |
Mathematics | 586,310 | 70 | 17 | 103 |
Reading, writing and mathematics | 586,181 | 52 | 5 | Not Applicable |
Notes:
- Figures for academies, free schools and CTCs are included in the individual LA figures and also in the total for England state-funded schools. Figures for hospital schools and pupil referral units are excluded.
- Includes pupils who have reached the end of key stage 2 in all of reading, writing and mathematics. Excludes pupils with lost test results but includes those with missing results and those with pending maladministration.
- Includes those pupils who reached the expected standard in all of reading, writing and mathematics. The expected standard in reading and mathematics is a scaled score of 100 or above. The expected standard in writing is a teacher assessment of 'working at the expected standard' (EXS) or 'working at greater depth within the expected standard' (GDS).
- Includes those pupils who reached a higher standard in all of reading, writing and mathematics. A higher standard is a scaled score of 110 or more in reading and mathematics and pupils assessed as working at greater depth within the expected standard (GDS) in writing.
- The average scaled score is calculated as the mean scaled score of all eligible pupils who were given a scaled score. Pupils not taking the test and those who took the test but were not given a scaled score are excluded.
The information given in the table is published at local authority and national level as part of the“National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2016 (provisional)” statistical first release (SFR)[1].
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2016-provisional (Table L1 - Reading, writing and maths; Table L2 – reading and mathematics)