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CHILDREN’S learning is at risk from the “narrowing” of the curriculum, the National Education Union (NEU) said yesterday as a report warned of poor primary-school performance in maths.
A study published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the UCL institute of education used the results of international maths tests taken by youngsters in 56 countries and economies in 2015 and converted them into key-stage 2 (known as Sats) assessment scores for 2016.
Sats are taken by 11-year-olds in England, with pupils given a scaled score. To reach the expected standard, a pupil’s score must be at least 100. Researchers estimate that the average scaled score of the top-performing nations is 107, compared to 104 in England.
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