Fifty-nine per cent of pupils achieved the government’s “expected standard” in reading, writing and maths in this year’s key stage 2 SATs, down from 65 per cent in 2019 and the lowest since 2016.
Interim results published by the government this morning show that the proportion of pupils reaching a scaled score of 100 or more fell in every discipline except reading, where it rose by 1 percentage point from 73 to 74 per cent.
In maths, the proportion meeting the expected standard fell from 79 per cent in 2019 to 71 per cent this year. And the proportion reaching the standard in writing fell from 78 per cent to 69 per cent.
