One in three children not meeting reading or writing standards: latest Naplan results in six graphs

This year’s Naplan results reveal that, across age groups and location, girls consistently performed better in literacy and boys performed better in numeracy. Photograph: Lbeddoe/Alamy

One in three children are not proficient in numeracy or literacy, according to this year’s Naplan results, leaving Australia “well behind” their international peers.

Almost 1.3 million students across more than 9,400 Australian schools and campuses took the national assessment program for those in years 3, 5, 7 and 9.