Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children entered Key Stage 3 a year or more behind in reading level in each of the last three years.

The expected level of attainment in reading at the end of Key Stage 2 is level 4. Information on the number and percentage of children achieving different levels in reading tests at the end of Key Stage 2 is published in Table 3 of the “National curriculum assessments: key stage 2” series.[1],[2],[3],[4]

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assesments-at-key-stage-2-2015-provisional

[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-at-key-stage-2-2014-revised

[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-at-key-stage-2-2012-to-2013

[4] Data for 2013 and 2014 is revised and 2015 is provisional.