To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of levels of literacy and numeracy in (a) primary school leavers and (b) secondary school leavers in (i)Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber, (iii) the North of England and (iv) England in each of the last five years.
Answered on
8 July 2014
Key stage 2 national curriculum assessment statistics are available online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2
GCSE attainment statistics are available online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4
Attainment statistics by Parliamentary constituency are available online at:
http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/
Information on pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving A*-C grades in English and mathematics GCSEs in the areas requested, and information on key stage 2 achievement in the areas requested has been placed in the House Library.