Kent Pupils Continue To Improve

07/08/08 Kent Pupils Continue To Improve - SAT results

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 high.

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