City of York Council's Children's Services team has today (30 August) welcomed government figures, which show that York schools are continuing to make excellent progress in the key stage 1 assessments.

York’s results are well ahead of national averages and figures for reading and writing put us in the top ten per cent of authorities nationally.

The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) today published provisional National and Local Authority results for seven year olds.  They show that:

·At Key Stage 1 Level 2+ - (the expected level of achievement for seven year olds) - York schools achieved results of 88 per cent, 85 per cent, 92 per cent and 91 per cent in reading, writing, maths and science respectively.  All results are well above the national average.
·Results at Level 3 (the higher level) improved in all subjects and were well above the national average by 3, 3, 2 and 3 percentage points in reading, writing, maths and science respectively.

Pete Dwyer, Director of Learning, Culture and Children’s Services at City of York Council said: “I am really pleased with these results which show that York schools continue to perform well above the national average.  Although there is a lot more to education than mere statistics and tables it is good to see that York schools, partner organisations and families are continuing to do the very best for children in the city to support early reading, writing and mathematics.

"These results follow and echo the performance of York children in the other key stage results released earlier in the summer. Key Stage 1 is crucial for our future prospects and these particular results give confidence that at age seven our children are increasingly acquiring the basic skills that will enable them to successfully progress through the educational system in the coming years.”