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There remains a postcode lottery for reading and writing skills in England, as new official figures show half of pupils are failing to meet standards in some parts of the country - find out how your area compares.
The proportion of 11-year-olds reaching expected Key Stage 2 standards continued to improve this year, though are still behind pre-pandemic levels.
Children's reading, writing and maths skills are below pre-pandemic levels in Kent and Medway.
Just 61% of 11-year-olds in the Kent council area, and 60% in Medway, met the expected standards in each of their Key Stage 2 reading, writing and maths assessments in the 2024/25 academic year.
They're both just below the national average of 62%, according to the latest figures from the Department for Education.
In Kent, the proportion of children meeting all three expected standards is down from 68% in 2018/19, the last academic year before the pandemic. In Medway, it's down from 64% before the pandemic.
Figures from the Department for Education show that 62% of Year 6 pupils in England made the grade in all three subjects in the 2024/25 academic year. That's up slightly from 61% in 2023/24 and 59% in 2021/22, the first year assessments were made after the pandemic.
The proportion is still behind 2018/19 though, when 65% of 11-year-olds met expected standards in all three subjects.
Pupils in some parts of the country fared much worse than those elsewhere, local authority level figures show.
Only 50% of children in the Central Bedfordshire council area met each of the reading, writing and maths standards in their Key Stage 2 results.
In the Isle of Wight, the proportion was just 51%. In Portsmouth, it was 53%, in Cumberland and Derby it was 54%, and in each of Norfolk, Sefton, Liverpool, Manchester, Dorset and Blackpool it was 55%.
London dominates the list of places where the most pupils are meeting targets.
More than three-quarters (76%) of pupils in the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hackney met the expected standards in reading, writing and maths. That's the highest ratio of any local authority in the country.
Richmond upon Thames had the next highest ratio at 74%. That's followed jointly by Waltham Forest, Redbridge, and Kensington and Chelsea at 73% each.
Trafford had the highest rate of pupils meeting standards outside of the capital.
Some 70% of pupils met all three reading, writing and maths standards there. Neighbouring Manchester, however, is amongst the lowest rates in the country at 55%.