Educational Standards

Mr. Vara
16. To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to raise standards in primary schools.

Jim Knight
Since 1997, we've doubled funding per pupil in real terms. We have put over 200,000 more adults in classrooms. Results are rising. At key stage 2, attainment in all subjects is at the highest levels and we have narrowed the gap between boys and girls. Early signs are that we have achieved our primary schools floor target a year early. We aim to deliver a world-class education system.

Personalised learning, the national strategies, the new emphasis on progression, every child a reader, every child a writer, every child counts and continued investment will continue to transform standards in primary schools.