Scot Dutchy wrote:Almost half of English school students failing to make the grade, says report
Forty-three per cent of children leave primary school without adequate reading, writing and maths, according to research
Almost half of all students at certain stages of education in England are still not achieving expected standards of success, a report has found.
About 43% of children are not leaving primary school having reached adequate levels of reading, writing and maths, according to analysis from the thinktank CentreForum and research body Education DataLab.
This level is set at achieving a 4b grade – sometimes referred to as a “good” level 4 – or higher in the three key subjects at the end of key stage 2, which usually lasts from the ages of seven to 11.
Forty-four per cent of pupils finishing secondary school are not achieving the national standard of five A* to C in GCSEs, the report finds. But the level of attainment has risen over the course of the past decade, the report adds, recommending a higher “new benchmark standard” to which pupils can be held.
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But they knew it wouldn't work, because they based the whole system on the Swedish one, and it didn't work there either. I blame Labour though. They started all this bullshit in the first place. They should have known that the Tories wouldn't need any excuse to privatise an important public service to the benefit of their rich mates.