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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating time within the National Curriculum for reading in book form.

Asked by

John Hayes (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Date

11 January 2019

Reference

205190

House

House of Commons

Key Stage 2

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of primary school leavers had a reading age of 11 in each of the last five years.

Asked by

John Hayes (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

30 January 2006

For answer on

1 February 2006

Answered on

15 February 2006

The requested information is not available. The Department does however; collect data on pupils' achievements in the end of Key Stage 2 National Curriculum tests. At the end of Key Stage 2 pupils are expected to reach Level 4 in English. Pupils are assessed in both reading and writing to arrive at their overall level in the English test.The National Curriculum tests measure the literacy skills that children are able to demonstrate at different levels of attainment. Children who reach Level 3 of the National Curriculum are assessed as having effective English skills and can demonstrate a good standard of reading. They are able to read a range of texts accurately and independently, tackle unfamiliar words and self correct when their reading doesn't make sense. Children achieving Level 4 have access to more complex forms of language and can access more complex ideas. They can use inference and deduction and can locate and use ideas and information.Achievement of the target Level 4 provides children with a solid foundation in learning from which to access the full secondary curriculum. Pupils who achieve level 4 or above at the end of primary school are six times more likely to achieve 5 A*- C grades at GCSE. This is why the Government has set a target for 85 per cent. of 11-year-olds to achieve Level 4 or above in English.The information provided in the table shows the proportion of pupils achieving Level 3 and Level 4 or above in the KS2 National Curriculum reading tests since 2001.

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above in KS2 reading	82	80	81	83	84
Percentage of pupils achieving Level 3 or above in KS2 reading	92	91	91	91	92
⁽⁷⁾ 2005 figures are provisional. All other figures are final.

Date

15 February 2006

Reference

48129; 442 c2072-4W;442 c2072-4W

House

House of Commons

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