Mixed-race African-Carribean children at risk of falling behind in Reading primary schools |
Mixed-race African-Carribean children at risk of falling behind in Reading primary schools
Get Reading (Reading Post)
Reading, United Kingdom
2014-11-13
Natasha Adkins, Health Reporter
The gap between Reading’s under-performing ethnic groups in the Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests has widened to 10 per cent – an increase of three per cent on 2013’s results
Mixed-race African-Carribean children in Reading’s primary schools are at risk of falling behind, warns Reading’s lead councillor for education.
The gap between Reading’s under-performing ethnic groups (UPEG) in the Key Stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests has widened to 10 per cent – an increase of three per cent on 2013’s results.
A report into school performance at the adult social care, children’s services and education committee meeting last Thursday showed that while all children in Reading had made progress in 2014, the rate of progression in UPEG has slowed…
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