This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides provisional 2013 key stage 2 national curriculum assessment results for pupils in schools in England at national, regional and local authority level. It also provides provisional figures on expected progress between key stage 1 (typically age 7) and key stage 2 (typically age 11). It includes results from the key stage 2 tests in reading, mathematics and grammar, punctuation and spelling and also on key stage 2 teacher assessments in English, mathematics, science, reading and writing.
76% of pupils achieved level 4 or above in all of reading, writing and mathematics compared to 75% in 2012. Figures for the percentage of pupils achieving a ‘good’ level 4 or above have been published for the first time in 2013. These show that 63% of pupils achieved this standard in both reading and mathematics while also getting level 4 or above in the writing teacher assessment. 66% of girls achieved this standard compared to 61% of boys. The percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in the new grammar, punctuation and spelling test was 74%. Girls performed better than boys in this new test - 79% of girls achieved level 4 or above compared to 69% of boys. The percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above, in the reading test decreased by 1 percentage point to 86%. The percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in the mathematics test increased by 1 percentage point to 85%. The percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in the writing teacher assessment increased by 2 percentage points to 83%.
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