Provisional Key Stage 1, 2, 4 (GCSE) and post-16 attainment 2006/07

This Statistical Release by the DCSF provides information showing attainment for 2006/07 broken down by pupils' characteristics, namely gender, ethnicity, eligibility for free school meals , special educational needs (SEN) and English as an additional language (EAL). It includes data for Key Stage 1 and 2 National Curriculum assessments, GCSE and equivalent achievement and Post-16 achievement and is provisional.

Key points:
- Across all major assessments at key stage 1, 2, GCSE and post-16 there is a correlation between poverty and attainment and rural areas out-perform urban areas.
- Across assessment at key stage 1 & 2 it is travellers, gypsy, Romany children who score lowest, although these populations are also small in comparison to other ethnic groups.
- Chinese, pupils of Mixed White and Asian heritage and Indian pupils consistently achieve above the national average across Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4.
- All the minority ethnic groups within the Black category and pupils of Mixed White and Black Caribbean heritage are consistently below the national average across Key Stages 1, 2 and 4.
- Bangladeshi and Pakistani pupils perform below the national average across all Key Stages.
- Those who receive free school meals consistently perform those who do not receive free school meals at key stage 1 & 2 attainment.
- Yorkshire and Humber has the lowest GCSE attainment of all nine government office regions and there is a s very large gap between the national attainment of Asian students and the attainment of Asian students in Yorkshire & Humber.