Primary school children in England have ranked fourth in the international rankings for reading.
The latest results in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study - known as Pirls - saw England's rank jump from eighth to enter the top five.
Based on tests taken every five years, the study places countries in a global education league table.
The Pirls tests are taken by nine and 10-year-olds, normally Year 5 pupils in England, at the end of the school year.
The 2021 testing round assessed nearly 400,000 pupils in 57 countries.
But 14 of those - including Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland - delayed testing to the start of the next school year because of disruption caused by the Covid pandemic, meaning the students taking part were older.
