Birmingham Key Stage 2 results
PRIMARY schools in Birmingham are celebrating a third consecutive year of improved performance following publication of todays annual classroom test results.
And the city also continues to close the gap with the rest of the country in Key Stage 2 tests in English, maths and science.
Year 6 pupils who sat the tests in May last year achieved improvements across all three key subjects.
Figures show 77 per cent of Birmingham pupils hit the required Level 4 in literacy, compared to 76 per cent the year before.
At maths, the city average now stands at 75 per cent, which represents an impressive two per cent rise on the 73 per cent achieved in 2007, and a further improvement on the 71 per cent in 2006.
And, to complete the clean sweep, there was also a rise in performance in science tests despite concerns in some national quarters that the questions have become too easy.
Birmingham pupils again achieved a rise of two per cent, from 84 per cent to 86 per cent. The city still lags behind the national average of 81 per cent in English, 78 per cent in maths and 88 per cent in science, but the gap is continuing to narrow.
But the improved display saw Birmingham rise up the table of all 150 local authorities in the country, from 131st in 2007 to 123rd now.
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