Literacy news
One eighth of primary schools fall short of goverment literacy and numeracy targets
15 Dec 2011
One in eight primary schools have failed to reach a minimum goverment target for getting 60 per cent of their pupils to read, write and add up properly by the age of 11.
1,300 schools are being singled out for failing to make enough progress towards getting three out of five pupils to reach the required standard in maths and english national curriculum tests for 11-year-olds.
The figures disclosed in Primary School league tables published today, means they are being threatened with a takeover by a neighbouring successful school or academy sponser.
The tables also show that one in ten boys leave primary school with the reading age of just a seven-year-old.
Read the full article at The Independent.
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