Wokingham BC's Key Stage 2 results continue to be above the national average
Published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the results show that Wokingham Borough pupils are ranked consistently in the top seven in the whole country for tests taken by 11-year-olds in English, maths and science in May 2009.
All of Wokingham Borough’s results published are above the national averages and remain high, although the number of pupils achieving level 4 or higher in English, maths and science have dropped very slightly from last year’s results reflecting the national picture.
At key stage 2, level four is the expected level for 11-year-olds taking the tests and overall attainment in English at level four saw some 86 per cent of Wokingham Borough pupils achieve the expected level compared with the national percentage of 80, ranking them third in the country. And the borough’s primary school girls have excelled by being ranked second in the country for level four and above in English with 91 per cent compared with 85 per cent nationally, whilst the boys are ranked fifth in the country with 81 per cent compared with 75 per cent nationally.
In maths, the Wokingham borough’s pupils were ranked seventh in the country with 83 per cent achieving the expected level compared with the national average of 79 per cent. And the borough’s primary school girls were ranked fifth in the country for level four and above in maths with 84 per cent compared with 78 per cent nationally, whilst the boys were ranked seventh in the country with 83 per cent compared with 79 per cent nationally.
Some 92 per cent of pupils achieved the expected level in science, which is four per cent higher than the national average (88 per cent) placing the borough fifth in the country for this. Girls were ranked fourth in the country with 94 per cent of them achieving the expected level compared with 89 per cent national, whilst the boys were ranked fifth in the country with 91 per cent compared with 88 per cent nationally.
Some 79 per cent of Wokingham pupils achieved the expected level in the combined English and maths tests, which is seven per cent higher than the national average (72 per cent) and were ranked sixth in the country.
And many of the borough’s pupils also achieved at level five, which is higher than the expected level – the borough came fifth in English (37 per cent against a national average of 29 per cent) and fifth in maths (43 per cent against a national average of 35 per cent). In science, pupils came fifth with 53 per cent compared with the national average of 43 per cent.
Cllr Rob Stanton, executive member for Wokingham children’s services, said: “The results published show that our primary school pupils are achieving higher than the national average at key stage 2 and I would like to congratulate them on their achievements. Results like these will stand them in good stead as they continue their education in secondary school.
“It can be hard to improve results year on year, especially when starting from an already high base, but we must sustain this. We are committed to make further improvements to our key stage 2 results and will work hard with our schools to achieve this.”
Wokingham Borough Council
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