New official figures show half of pupils are failing to meet standards in some parts of the country – find out how your area compares
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Manchester primary schools are amongst the worst performing in the country, new data has revealed. Almost half of schools failed to reach reading, writing and maths standards.
New data from the Department for Education shows that only 55 per cent of primary schools in the region met performance standards.
However, Trafford had the highest rate of pupils meeting standards outside of the capital – with 70pc of pupils meeting all three reading, writing and maths standards there.
It comes as the proportion of 11-year-olds reaching expected Key Stage 2 standards continued to improve this year, though are still behind pre-pandemic levels.
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Figures show that 62pc of Year 6 pupils in England made the grade in all three subjects in the 2024/25 academic year. That’s up slightly from 61pc in 2023/24 and 59pc in 2021/22, the first year assessments were made after the pandemic.
The proportion is still behind 2018/19 though, when 65pc of 11-year-olds met expected standards in all three subjects.
This year, the proportion in each of Norfolk, Sefton, Liverpool, Manchester, Dorset and Blackpool was just 55pc.
London dominates the list of places where the most pupils are meeting targets, with more than three-quarters (76pc) of pupils in the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hackney met the expected standards in reading, writing and maths. That’s the highest ratio of any local authority in the country.
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