To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children entered Key Stage 3 a year or more behind in reading level in each of the last three years.
Answered on
19 October 2015
The expected level of attainment in reading at the end of Key Stage 2 is level 4. Information on the number and percentage of children achieving different levels in reading tests at the end of Key Stage 2 is published in Table 3 of the “National curriculum assessments: key stage 2” series.[1],[2],[3],[4]
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-at-key-stage-2-2014-revised
[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-at-key-stage-2-2012-to-2013
[4] Data for 2013 and 2014 is revised and 2015 is provisional.