This in from the council, in their own words. Ed
Provisional Key Stage 2 SAT results for 2013 have shown Isle of Wight pupils aged 11 have sustained the improvements seen last year, according to un-validated results.
Overall results show a slight improvement when compared to 2012. At Level 4+ Writing was 82.3 per cent compared to 81 per cent in 2012 and Maths was 81.8 per cent compared to 79 per cent last year. Reading has slightly fallen, with 83 per cent compared to 84 per cent last year.
Grammar, punctuation and spelling test
For the first year, pupils also sat a new grammar, punctuation and spelling test. The Isle of Wight average for this was 67 per cent at Level 4+.
At Level 5+, Reading was 42 per cent, Writing was 25.9 per cent and Maths was 33.1 per cent.
National comparisons for 2013 will be available once results have been validated which is expected in the autumn.
Priest: “A step in the right direction”
Councillor Richard Priest, cabinet member for children’s services said:
“After the encouraging figures seen in 2012 – which was the first year primary school pupils took the exams rather than middle school pupils – it was important the Isle of Wight continued the upward trend and consolidated its results.
“It is pleasing primary schools have been able to do that although we do recognise that some schools performed better than others. We now need to analyse the results in more detail and focus on areas where further improvement can be made, such as in those primaries which are not performing so well.
“This is a step in the right direction for which we congratulate primary heads. Our focus now is ensuring that our partnership with Hampshire can help us make the necessary strides which reflect our ambitions for our children.”
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