Primary school test results improve Government strategies appear to be paying off Test results in primary schools in England have shown another improvement, with higher scores for both maths and literacy. But despite the overall increases, the results for writing remain stubbornly low, particularly for boys, with fewer than half reaching the expected standards for their age. This year's results show teachers and pupils are firmly on track to meet our targets. Mr Blunkett is allocating 9m for special courses in teaching writing for teachers of nine and 10 year olds, as reported in June.
Schools are also to get a guide to grammar.
If standards had continued to rise at the same rate as under the last Conservative government then David Blunkett would have already met his targets. Science shines Although public attention is focused on the results for 11 year olds, there were improvements across the board for seven year olds - and a slight decline in English results for 14 year olds, for the second year running. Yet research presented to the British Psychological Society this week suggested that younger pupils found science concepts particularly difficult to grasp. The fastest improving local authority was Tower Hamlets in east London, and on Wednesday morning David Blunkett is visiting one of the borough's most successful primary schools. The Marion Richardson School has made rapid increases in test results in the past two years.