Summary
Concerted efforts to drive up standards in Bristol's schools have been dealt a blow with the news of a fall in primary English, maths and science test results. Education correspondent LINDA TANNER looks at why so many children failed to reach the expected levels and what needs to be done to make sure that in future more youngsters go on to secondary school able to read, write and add up.
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Struggling to Make the Grade
Unfortunately, there are hundreds more who did not do as well in the tests in May as their teachers and parents had hoped.
Provisional figures published yesterday reveal that overall the city's results were down on last year's in all three subjects.They show that 72 per cent of children gained at least level four (the standard expected for their age) in English, 68.8 per cent in maths...See the full content of this document
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