Suffolk schools catching up on national standards
Tuesday, 2nd August 2011.
Tables for 2011 key stage two results show that standards in Suffolk schools have improved while nationally they have remained the same.
This year a further one per cent of pupils in Suffolk are reaching the nationally expected level in both English and Maths at age 11.
When it comes to the number of boys achieving the national standard in writing there was an impressive increase this year of five per cent. Over the past two years results have improved by eight per cent.
Schools in the two-tier system continue to perform better than those operating within the three-tier system. The gap between the two systems has decreased slightly this year but there still remains a significant difference of 7.5 per cent.
However, additional support provided by Suffolk County Council, since the start of the school organisation review, has helped to ensure standards have been maintained in the three-tier system during the period of change.
Cllr Graham Newman, the council’s portfolio holder for children, schools and young peoples services, said: “I am delighted to see that the hard work and dedication of all connected with schools has resulted in Suffolk improving for the third consecutive year.
“By no means is the job done though. We still have a way to go if Suffolk young people are to do as well as those nationally and must continue to work hard to encourage young people to always achieve their very best and where there are barriers in their way, we must remove them.
"It is important that we continue to raise education standards across the board.
"There have been some great improvements in results at some of the middle schools that closed at the ends of the summer term. This is down to the dedication of the staff in these schools and the county council’s officers that have further supported them.”
Pupil performance is closely monitored and where young people are likely to fall behind, appropriate support is put in place to help them reach their full potential.
This year a further one per cent of pupils in Suffolk are reaching the nationally expected level in both English and Maths at age 11.
When it comes to the number of boys achieving the national standard in writing there was an impressive increase this year of five per cent. Over the past two years results have improved by eight per cent.
Schools in the two-tier system continue to perform better than those operating within the three-tier system. The gap between the two systems has decreased slightly this year but there still remains a significant difference of 7.5 per cent.
However, additional support provided by Suffolk County Council, since the start of the school organisation review, has helped to ensure standards have been maintained in the three-tier system during the period of change.
Cllr Graham Newman, the council’s portfolio holder for children, schools and young peoples services, said: “I am delighted to see that the hard work and dedication of all connected with schools has resulted in Suffolk improving for the third consecutive year.
“By no means is the job done though. We still have a way to go if Suffolk young people are to do as well as those nationally and must continue to work hard to encourage young people to always achieve their very best and where there are barriers in their way, we must remove them.
"It is important that we continue to raise education standards across the board.
"There have been some great improvements in results at some of the middle schools that closed at the ends of the summer term. This is down to the dedication of the staff in these schools and the county council’s officers that have further supported them.”
Pupil performance is closely monitored and where young people are likely to fall behind, appropriate support is put in place to help them reach their full potential.
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