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Key Stage 1 Results

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) males and (b) females achieved level 2 or above at Key Stage 1 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. [196400]

Mr. Miliband: The information provided is the latest available and is shown in the 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 2 or above at Key Stage 1: 2004 (provisional)—Based on school location

		Males					Females
	All pupils	All males	10% most deprived areas(92)		10% least deprived areas(92)		All females	10% most deprived areas(92)		10% least deprived areas(92)
Subject	%	%	No.	%	No.	%	%	No.	%	No.	%
English reading	85	81	23,750	70	26,265	89	89	25,952	81	26,528	94
English writing	82	76	21,875	65	25,372	85	87	25,211	78	26,330	93
Maths	90	89	27,674	82	27,882	94	92	27,499	86	26,959	95
Science	90	88	26,657	79	27,955	94	91	26,800	83	27,019	96

Number of males and females achieving level 2 or above at Key Stage 1: 2003 (final)—Based on pupil residency

		Males					Females
	All pupils	All males	10% most deprived areas(92)		10% least deprived areas(92)		All females	10% most deprived areas(92)		10% least deprived areas(92)
Subject	%	%	No.	%	No.	%	%	No.	%	No.	%
English reading	84	80	26,051	68	25,239	90	88	29,056	79	24,967	95
English writing	81	76	24,178	63	24,352	87	87	28,343	77	24,698	94
Maths	90	89	31,147	81	26,632	95	91	31,106	85	25,271	96
Science	89	88	29,989	78	26,618	95	91	30,175	82	25,329	97

⁽⁹²⁾ The measure of deprivation used is the 2004 Index of Multiple Deprivation based on Super Output Area (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.

Key Stage 2 Results

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.
 
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Number of males and females achieving level 4 or above at Key Stage 2: 2004 (provisional)—Based on school location

		Males					Females
	All pupils	All males	10% most deprived areas(93)		10% least deprived areas(93)		All females	10% most deprived areas(93)		10% least deprived areas(93)
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 pupils	All males	10% most deprived areas(93)		10% least deprived areas(93)		All females	10% most deprived areas(93)		10% least deprived areas(93)
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

⁽⁹³⁾ 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.

Key Stage 3 Results

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) males and (b) females achieved level 5 or above at Key Stage 3 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. [196373]

 
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Mr. Miliband: The latest available information are shown in the following tables. The information supplied has been provided on two bases—one showing the information based on the location of schools, the other based on the residency of the pupil.
Number of males achieving level 5 or above at Key Stage 3: 20042

		Males
	All pupils	All males	10 per cent. most deprived areas(94)		10 per cent. least deprived areas(94)
Subject	Percentage	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
(i) Based on school location:
English	71	64	13,517	48	24,902	76
Maths	73	72	15,988	57	26,704	82
Science	66	65	13,276	47	25,355	77

Number of females achieving level 5 or above at Key Stage 3: 2004⁽⁹⁵⁾

	Females
	All females	10 per cent. most deprived areas(94)		10 per cent. least deprived areas(94)
	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
(i) Based on school location:
English	77	17,501	65	27.512	86
Maths	74	16,468	61	26,481	83
Science	67	13,900	51	25,365	79

Number of males achieving level 5 or above at Key Stage 3: 2004 2

		Males
	All pupils	All males	10 per cent. most deprived areas(94)		10 per cent. least deprived areas(94)
Subject	Percentage	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
(ii) Based on pupil residency:
English	69	62	15,072	41	23,730	81
Maths	71	70	17,989	50	25,236	86
Science	69	68	16,575	45	25,380	87

 
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Number of females achieving level 5 or above at Key Stage 3: 2004 2

	Females
	All females	10 per cent. most deprived areas(94)		10 per cent. least deprived areas(94)
	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
(ii) Based on pupil residency:
English	76	20,366	57	24,697	90
Maths	72	18,484	52	23,922	88
Science	69	16,311	45	23,689	87

⁽⁹⁴⁾ 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.
⁽⁹⁵⁾ Provisional

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