The Sunderland primary schools with the lowest reading results

The Department for Education has published its performance data for the city’s primary schools, including in the core subject of English and reading.

Reading is the gateway to education, allowing pupils to access the whole curriculum.

There was a wide disparity in how schools performed with scores ranging from an average high of 111 to an average low of 97.

An average or individual scaled score of 110 or more indicates a pupil or pupils are working at a ‘higher standard’. To meet the ‘expected standard’, pupils must attain a scaled score of 100 or better.

The local authority’s average scaled reading score was 106, which is the same as the national average.

Check out the 10 city primary schools with the lowest scaled scores for reading.

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It’s important to note these are raw attainment scores and don’t show the progress made with pupils from differing starting points. Progress scores could not be calculated as there is an absence of Key Stage 1 baseline data available to calculate primary progress measures for this cohort due to Covid-19 disruption.

Special schools are not included in the list.