Pupils who can’t read properly by 11 destined for lives of underachievement

Richard Garner, writing for the Independent, discusses the findings of a new Education Endowment Foundation report on reading at the transition.

Thousands of pupils who fail to read properly by the age of 11 will be sentenced to a lifetime of underachievement, according to a report out today.

Figures show that only one in 10 of the pupils who failed to reach the required standard in reading in national curriculum tests go on to get the benchmark of five top-grade passes at GCSE – including maths and English.

Last year, a total of 75,000 children failed to clear the hurdle at 11.

The report, by the Education Endowment Foundation, aims to show the best way of helping struggling pupils to catch up in reading.

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