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THE PERFORMANCE OF HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS 2002-2003

SUMMER 2002 EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS AND NATIONAL CURRICULUM ASSESSMENTS

1. The Executive Member for Education, together with the Education Policy Review Committee, have considered a detailed report on how Hampshire Schools are performing, with particular regard to Summer 2003 examination and assessment results. They have congratulated pupils, teachers and all those who support them for their continued hard work and achievement in National Examinations and assessments.

2. At GSCE, there was a continued slight improvement in Hampshire, where 57% of Year 11 pupils achieved 5 or more A star - C; the trend over this year and last reflects an increase from 56% in each of the two preceding years. These results are above national averages and also above the levels of achievement for other authorities comparable to Hampshire.

3. At Key Stage 1, there was a decline in performance in reading and writing, whereas results in mathematics remained static. However, the performance of Hampshire pupils remains ahead of the National average and the results this year reflect a general decline nationally.

4. At Key Stage 2 performance by Hampshire pupils in English, mathematics and science remains static overall, with a slight improvement in science being counter-balanced by a slight decline in mathematics. Again Hampshire pupils remain well ahead of National averages, but there is scope for further improvement at Key Stage 2.

5. At Key Stage 3 there has been a noticeable improvement in levels of achievement in English, mathematics and science where again Hampshire schools are performing well ahead of National averages and the levels achieved by statistical neighbours - those authorities most like Hampshire. The recently implemented Key Stage 3 strategy has clearly had an impact and it is hoped that the improvements achieved will be carried forward to further improvements in GCSE results in the next few years.

6. Hampshire Schools continue to perform well, overall, in tests and examinations, although there still remains some way to go before all the targets set out in the Educational Development Plan are achieved. It is also pleasing to report an encouraging picture emerging from OfSTED inspections of Hampshire Schools: of the 82 schools which were the subject of inspection during 2002/2003, 21 were judged to be very good, 50 were good, 9 satisfactory and only 2 unsatisfactory. This means that 87% of Hampshire schools were judged to be either good or very good.