Rural England
Educational attainment at age 11
Key points
- In 2007, just over a fifth of 11-year-olds in rural authorities did not achieve Key Stage 2 Level 4 in Maths and a fifth did not achieve Level 4 in English.
- The proportions failing are similar in urban and rural areas.
- See the UK indicator on results at Key Stage 2.
Graph 1: Compared to urban
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Rural/urban ratios (urban = 10)
On most poverty and social exclusion indicators, rural areas have 'better scores' than urban areas. The purpose of the table below is to differentiate between those subjects where rural areas are 'a bit better' and those where rural areas are 'a lot better'. It does so by presenting the rural statistics for the indicator as a proportion of the urban statistics. So, for example, a rural 'score' of 6 in the table below means that the rural statistic is around 60% of its urban equivalent.
| Type of authority | English | Maths | Science |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Mostly rural' authorities | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Definitions and data sources
The indicator
The graph shows the proportion 11 year-olds failing to attain Key Stage 2 Level 4, as a proportion of those eligible to sit the tests. The results for English, Maths and Science are shown separately.
The graph is for 2007. Rural-urban designations are based on the location of schools not the home address of pupils.
Level of the data
Upper tier local authorities. Both the classification rules and their results by local authority can be found on the page on rural/urban classification systems. Note that there is no official government rural/urban classification system for upper tier local authorities but that the one used here has been designed to be consistent with the DEFRA 2005 classification system for lower tier local authorities.
Source
Department for Children, Schools and Families (formerly DfES) performance tables.
The numbers
| Type of authority | English | Maths | Science |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Most rural' authorities | 19% | 22% | 11% |
| Other authorities | 20% | 23% | 12% |