Professor John Robertson OBA, former Associate Dean (Quality Assurance) Faculty of Education, UWS From Literacy and numeracy standards reach record high, published today: The proportion of pupils achieving the expected level in literacy and numeracy across primary and secondary schools has reached a new high, officials figures show. For numeracy, a record 80.3% of pupils across P1, P4 and P7 reached expected levels, while S3 also reached a new high of 90.3%. For literacy, achievement is also now at a record high in both primary (74%) and secondary (88.3%). The attainment gap between young people from the most and least deprived areas meeting standards in literacy … Continue reading Scotland closes attainment gap, hits record literacy and numeracy standards, 32% above England, after maintaining 36% more teachers