Key stage 2 attainment: 2009 to 2010 (provisional)
Provisional attainment data by different pupil characteristics in the 2009 to 2010 academic year.
Applies to England
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Reference ID: SFR35/2010
Publication type: Statistical first release
Publication data: Underlying statistical data
Local authority data: LA data
Region: England
Release date: 09 December 2010
Coverage status: Provisional
Publication status: Published
- In 2010, 73.5% of pupils attained level 4 or higher, the expected level, in English and maths combined compared with 72.0% in 2009. This increase has been replicated, to a greater and lesser extent, across many of the characteristics.
- Girls continue to outperform boys at key stage 2 in English, 85.0% of girls achieve the expected level compared to 75.8% of boys.
- Pupils of Chinese origin remain the highest achieving ethnic group. The proportion of pupils in the Chinese category achieving at least the expected level in both English and mathematics is now 84.8%.
- 69.1% of pupils for whom English is not their first language achieved the expected level in both English and mathematics. Compared with 74.3% of pupils for whom it is.
- 55.8% of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals achieved the expected level in both English and mathematics compared with 77.1% of those who were not known to be eligible. The gap is larger in English than it is in Mathematics.
- The proportion of pupils with SEN without a statement who reached the expected level in both English and mathematics has risen from 33.9% in 2009 to 36.6% in 2010. The proportion of pupils with a statement who achieved the expected level in English and mathematics has changed little from last year.
- Pupils resident in the least deprived areas, as defined by the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI), continue to outperform pupils resident in the most deprived areas.
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