The Importance of Early Literacy

By Dave Thomson|2022-04-19T14:40:29+01:0015th April 2022|Evaluation reports, Reports|

Updated analysis (based on the 2019 Key Stage 4 cohort) which examines the relationship between prior attainment in literacy at Key Stage 1 and subsequent attainment in literacy at Key Stage 2 and in English language at GCSE.

About the Author: Dave Thomson

Dave Thomson is chief statistician at FFT with over fifteen years’ experience working with educational attainment data to raise attainment in local government, higher education and the commercial sector. His current research interests include linking education and workplace datasets to improve estimates of adult attainment and study the impact of education on employment and benefits outcomes.