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Provisional figures released today indicate that Kent's
primary school leavers have yet again achieved their best ever
results in English and mathematics, improving in both subjects at
level 4 - the level that pupils of this age are expected to achieve
prior to moving to secondary school.
Every year for the past five years the proportion of Kent pupils
achieving the expected level has risen in mathematics and this year
the difference between the county and national figure has narrowed
significantly with Kent schools improving by 2.5% compared to the
one per cent national rise.
In English the overall achievement mirrors national outcomes and
is the best ever result. Improvements in reading are particularly
good with an increase of 2.6%, another 405 pupils, achieving the
expected level compared to a national rise of two per cent.
There have also been higher levels of achievement in reading
mirroring the successes of children in both the early years and Key
Stage One.
KCC Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Educational
Standards Chris Wells said:
"I welcome the continuous improvement that closes the gap in the
national expectations and congratulate pupils and teachers on both
their performance and patience."
Early years foundation stage results show that improvements have
been achieved in 12 of the 13 areas of learning, with one area -
Knowledge and Understanding of the World, within only half a per
cent of last year's record results.
There is now a three year trend of improvements and of
particular note this year is the 5.1% improvement in the ability of
very young children to link letters and sounds. This has been
matched by improvements at the end of Key Stage One where
performance in reading has reached a six year
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