Year 7 pupils improve more at maths than English
Pupils in Year 7 make more progress in maths compared to English, new research shows.
According to a study conducted by researchers from the assessment software company, No More Marking, 42 per cent of pupils in English made no improvement or regressed. This is compared with 37 per cent in maths.
The aim of the research was to determine if pupils made “absolute progress” in Year 7.
As part of the study, 28,582 pupils were assessed in English and 28,443 in maths, between September and June of Year 7.
Overall, the results show that pupils made progress in both subjects between those months. But, the level of progress is varied between the subjects, with pupils improving on average by about two-thirds of a GCSE grade in maths, but only one-third of a grade in English.
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