National Curriculum Teacher Assessments of the Non-core Subjects, 2011

Statistics on attainment in the non-core subjects includes final data for Wales for the 2011 teacher assessments.

The key points from the latest release are:

Key Stage 3

• Since 2010 there has been an increase in the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level in every subject. The greatest increase was in Welsh Second Language (5.3 percentage points);
• In 2011, the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level (level 5 or above) varied from 83.1 per cent in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to 64.6 per cent in Welsh Second Language;
• In each subject, a higher percentage of girls than boys achieved the expected level. The gap between girls and boys was greatest in Welsh Second Language (19.7 percentage points)

Key Stage 2

• In 2011, the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level (level 4 or above) in Welsh Second Language was 51.4 per cent, compared with 35.4 per cent in 2010; an increase of 16.0 percentage points.

Benchmark information tables are also available for Key Stage 3 (both for core and non-core subjects) and were published alongside this release. The benchmarking tables were revised on 14 December 2011

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5968
E-mail: school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

August 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)