HC Deb 22 May 1997 vol 294 c121W
19. Dr. Kumar

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children left primary school in 1996 able to read and write to their chronological age. [209]

Mr. Byers

Fifty eight per cent. of pupils reached level 4 and above—the level expected for 11 year olds—in English in the 1996 National Curriculum tests.

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