Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the functional literacy rates were in each (a) local authority area and (b) region in each of the last 10 years.

Mr David Laws

Tables showing the percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in reading and writing at the end of key stage 2[1] at local authority level for the past four years are published in the ‘National curriculum assessments at key stage two’ statistical first release (SFR). A copy of the data has been placed in the House Library.

Information on the percentage of pupils achieving A* to C and A* to G grades in English GCSE[2] nationally for the last 10 years are published in the ‘GCSE and equivalent results’ SFR. A copy is placed in the House Library.

Key stage 2 reading and writing figures for earlier years and English GCSE figures at local authority level could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

[1] These figures are published in the “National curriculum assessments at key stage 2” statistical first releases for each year.

[2] These figures are published in the “GCSE and equivalent results” statistical first releases for each year.