The phonics test is now taken by all pupils in Year 1 in English primary schools.
Statistics Commission, Report No 23: Measuring Standards in English Primary Schools.
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But a proposal to deploy an extra 70, 000 staff, purely to teach English in primary schools, is being watered down.
Even today, with Chinese children learning English from primary school onwards, it's a barrier that can be almost completely impenetrable at times.
In an effort to remedy this, Ms Moratti is making English compulsory in primary schools.
The Department for Education said Mr Gove was determined to make English teaching at primary schools "more rigorous" and was publishing the draft programme of study now for informal consultation.
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But shadow schools minister Kevin Brennan said the report showed that the government had the wrong priorities and should be doing more to provide support in basic skills at primary level as well as strengthening English and maths teaching at secondary level and allowing all students to continue those subjects until 18.
For the first time since the tests began in 1995, the number of pupils leaving primary school with an acceptable grasp of English fell.
It will buy textbooks for 16, 000 primary schools in the key subjects of Kiswahili, English, Maths and Science.
Under-achievement is seen at primary school, where national tests in maths and English show both groups are less likely than others to reach the expected level, and continues up to GCSE level and beyond.
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English was forced upon our education system as a primary language, so there's a huge chunk of native Welsh who cannot speak Welsh Things are getting better however.
Ofsted also said that the money the government makes available for summer schools to help disadvantaged children bridge the gap between primary and secondary education could be better spent on extra maths and English classes once they start secondary school.
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Monday night's Taro Naw programme reveals widespread frustration and concern among teachers and educationalists, that Welsh primary and secondary school pupils are losing out financially and educationally compared to English pupils.
The Department for Education said that where English teaching was concerned, the aim was to ensure that pupils left primary school with high standards of literacy.
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The current test includes verbal and non-verbal reasoning, which are not taught in primary schools and need coaching but the new test may drop that element and place the emphasis on English and Maths, which are taught in classrooms, BBC South East Today's political correspondent John Young explained.
Akbar Zab, 10, from Norbury Manor Primary School, Norbury, south London, was praised for reaching one level below the national target in English.
The English policy requires that at least 50p per pupil per day be spent on meals in all primary schools and 60p in secondary schools.
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Test results for primary schools, out on December 7th, show that younger children are still failing to meet government targets in English and maths.
The tests are the same for both primary and secondary school teacher trainees, who must also have achieved a grade C or above in GCSE maths and English.
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