Education

Below are some statistics which show real improvement in educational standards in South Thanet.

Literacy and numeracy at age 11 are up 14% for English and 7% for Maths. since 1997. At 14, the figures are 20% and 13%.

Funding per pupil has increased by some 35% in real terms and South Thanet has over 140 more teachers than when the Labour government first came to power.

Literacy and numeracy at age 11Key Stage 2 Results: Percentage of Pupils achieving Level 4 or above

	English			Maths
	1997	2006	% points difference	1997	2006	% points difference
St Peters Ward	50	79(r)	29	50	72(r)	22

South Thanet Constituency	61	75(r)	14	60	67(r)	7

Thanet District	57	71(r)	14	55	63(r)	8

Kent LA	64	77(r)	13	62	72(r)	10

South East Region	66	80(r)	14	63	75(r)	12

England	63	79(r)	16	62	76(r)	14

Literacy and numeracy at age 14Key Stage 3 Results: Percentage of Pupils achieving Level 5 or above

	English			Maths
	1997	2006	% points difference	1997	2006	% points difference
St Peters Ward	54	82	28	68	81	13

South Thanet Constituency	56	76	20	65	78	13

Thanet District	49	69	20	58	71	13

Kent LA	62	72	10	65	76	11

South East Region	62	75	13	65	79	14

England	57	73	16	60	77	17

GCSE and equivalent results, percentage of pupils gaining

	achieving 5+ A*-C			achieving 5+ A*-G			any passes
	1997	2006	% points difference	1997	2006	% points difference	1997	2006	% points difference
St Peters Ward	51.8	62.5(r)	10.7	97.1	93.9(r)	-3.2	..	98.2(r)	N/A

South Thanet Constituency	49.5	64.9(r)	15.4	90.4	91.1(r)	0.7	..	97.1(r)	..

Thanet District	40.4	52.8(r)	12.4	86.3	87.7(r)	1.4	92.8	96.5(r)	3.7

Kent LA	.	61.4(r)	.	.	91.5(r)	.	..	97.7(r)	..

South East Region	47.7	59.7(r)	12.0	89.8	92.1(r)	2.3	..	97.9(r)	..

England	45.1	59.2(r)	14.1	86.4	90.5(r)	4.1	..	97.8(r)

Funding per pupil aged 3-19 - REAL TERMS

	1997/98	2005/06	Change since 1997
	1997/98	2005/06	£ Real	% Real
Kent LA	3,030	4,110	1,080	35.8

South East Region	3,010	4,080	1,070	35.4

England	3,030	4,230	1,200	39.8

ICT in schools, Total funding allocations £ 000's

	1998/99	2004/05	Difference
Kent LA	2,240	16,654	14,414

South East Region	14,837	91,537	76,700

England	102,009	593,793	491,784

Number of Schools receiving Leadership Incentive Grant

	2005/06
St Peters Ward	.

South Thanet Constituency	3

Thanet District	4

Kent LA	44

South East Region	117

England

	1997	2007	Difference
Kent LA	16,165	27,675	11,510

South East Region	98,930	166,190	67,260

England	790,350	1,054,800	264,450

Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools

	Teaching Assistants			Other Support Staff
	1997	2007	Difference	1997	2007	Difference
South Thanet Constituency	160	600	440	220	370	150

Kent LA	2,400	5,340	2,940	2,870	4,550	1,680

South East Region	10,090	24,850	14,760	14,210	25,810	11,600

England	61,260	165,380	104,120	75,200	147,000	71,800

Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools

	Primary			Secondary
	1997	2007	Difference	1997	2007	Difference
South Thanet Constituency	270	290	20	460	580	120

Kent LA	5,680	5,100	-580	6,600	6,600	0

South East Region	27,580	28,980	1,400	27,580	32,770	5,190

England	183,930	188,860	4,930	184,330	214,270	29,940

Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools

	Primary			Secondary
	1997	2007	Difference	1997	2007	Difference
St Peters Ward	24	25.1	1.1	16.3	17.4	1.1

South Thanet Constituency	25	24.1	-0.9	16.3	17.2	0.9

Thanet District	25.1	23.6	-1.5	16.4	17.2	0.8

Kent LA	-	22.3	N/A	-	17.1	N/A

South East Region	23.2	21.7	-1.5	16.7	16.9	0.2

England	23.4	21.8	-1.6	16.7	16.4	-0.3

Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s

	1997	2006	Difference
Kent LA	..	33,820(p)	33,820

South East Region	22,640	33,340(p)	10,700

England	23,000	34,010(p)	11,010

Average Size of One Teacher Classes, Maintained Schools

	Primary			Secondary
	1997	2007	Difference	1997	2007	Difference
South Thanet Constituency	29.6	28.5	-1.1	20.4	19.9	-0.5

Kent LA	28	26.8	-1.2	20.3	20.7	0.4

South East Region	27.5	26.6	-0.9	21.3	21.4	0.1

England	27.5	26.2	-1.3	21.7	21.2	-0.5