Reading, writing and maths SATs results unchanged

Pupils meeting the government’s expected standard in reading, writing and maths SATs remained unchanged this year at 59 per cent, DfE data shows.

This comes after it dropped six percentage points in 2022 following the Covid pandemic, showing that many pupils are still feeling the effects.

The data shows that 73% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, up from 71% in 2022.

In writing, 71% of pupils met the expected standard, up from 69% in 2022. Meanwhile in reading, 73% of pupils met the expected standard, down from 75% in 2022.

In grammar, punctuation and spelling, 72% of pupils met the expected standard, unchanged from 2022.

In science, 80% of pupils met the expected standard, up from 79% in 2022.

Minister for School Standards Nick Gibb said: “We know that pupils have had their education disrupted due to the pandemic which is why following on from our success in the Progress International Reading Literacy Study, it is encouraging to see attainment levels improving in some key subjects.
 
“Our National Tutoring Programme has been crucial in helping those pupils most in need of support and our reforms – including the focus on phonics  – are helping to ensure more children leave primary school with a secure grasp of reading and writing.
 
“Literacy and numeracy are the cornerstones of a world-class education and that is why we have invested £60m in our English Hubs programme and £100m in our Maths Hubs programme to build children’s literacy, speaking and numeracy skills”.