Results for Key Stage 1 tests published last week showed that 86 per cent of girls achieved the expected level two or above in writing, compared to only 75 per cent of boys. In maths, 91 per cent of girls reached level two, ahead of the 88 per cent of boys.
Steve Sinnott, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "The issue of girls out-performing boys has come to the fore in these results. It is an issue that requires full and detailed research."
- www.dcsf.gov.uk.
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