Best practice in the reading and writing of pupils aged 7 to 14 ... - Estyn

Table 6Key stage 2: The percentage of pupils gaining Level 4 or above inEnglish by attainment target1009080706050403020100Oracy Reading Writing Oracy Reading Writing2005-2006 2006-2007It is not possible to show the standards that boys and girls achieve in oracy, readingand writing in key stage 3, because data is published at a subject level and not byattainment target.The performance of boys and girlsTables 7 and 8 below show the standards that boys and girls achieve in key stages1,2 and 3 from 2000 to 2007. Boys continue to achieve less well than girls in almost allsubjects in General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations in keystage 4.Table 7Standards in Welsh in Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 for boys and girlsPercentage of pupils achieving the target grade1009080706050403020100BGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGKS1 KS2 KS3 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS1 KS2 KS32000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* The target grade for key stage 1 is level 2, for key stage 2 is level 4 and for key stage 3 is level 5