Sixty-five per cent of pupils have met the required standards of reading writing and maths, up from 64 per cent last year, according to government data on key stage 2 SATs.
Damian Hinds has written in the Sunday Telegraph on 21 April, setting out the importance of primary assessment, but also making it clear that it should not be a source of stress.
At converter academies open for one year, 65 per cent of pupils reach the expected standards in reading, writing and maths; this figure rises to 71 per cent in converter academies open for seven years.