Expected maths and literacy standards at primary schools across Nottinghamshire have dropped following the first assessments since the pandemic. Education bosses say they expect the fall in reading, writing and maths rates to be temporary after two years of disrupted schooling.
Figures from the Department for Education show 54 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in Key Stage 2 assessments earlier this year in Nottingham - down from 63 per cent in 2019. Outside of the city, in the wider county area, the figure dropped from 65 per cent to 59 per cent.
Amanda Dawson, headteacher at Mellers Primary School in Radford, said there was in particular a dip in writing results amongst her pupils. "It was inevitable that the results were going to be effected this year," she told Nottinghamshire Live.
