Assessment and Examination Performance: Comparison with England and its Regions, 2007
The latest National Statistics on ‘Assessment and Examination Performance in Wales: Comparison with England and its Regions 2007’ produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 26 June 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Statistics on 'Assessment and Examination Performance in Wales: Comparison with England and its Regions 2007' include data for England and Wales for the period covering the 2006/07 academic year. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 7 June 2007.
The Bulletin
Statistical Bulletin 36/2008 (PDF 218kB)
The key points from the latest release are:
- Key Stage 1: The proportion of pupils in Wales achieving the expected level was slightly lower than in England for all subjects apart from Science, where the average for England and Wales was the same with 89% each, the same as in 2006.
- Key Stage 2: In 2007, pupils in Wales performed better than their counterparts in England in English and Mathematics and performed the same in Science.
- Key Stage 3: In 2007, the proportion of pupils in Wales achieving the expected level was lower than England for all subjects.
- Key Stage 4: In 2007 in Wales, 55 per cent of all pupils aged 15 achieved the level 2 threshold (a volume of qualifications at Level 2 equivalent to the volume of 5 GCSEs at Grade A*-C) compared to 61 per cent in England.
Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 5056
E-mail: school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Next Update:
June 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)