Claim: A quarter of primary school leavers are unable to read or write properly.
Fact-check: Are a quarter of 11 year-olds in England unable to read? - Full Fact
Verdict: 25% of 10 and 11 year-old students in england did not reach the expected level of reading in their sats and 22% when tested on grammar, punctuation and spelling. there are other measures of literacy which show similar or slightly lower proportions failing to meet the standards.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-06-20T00:00:00