Primary School Results Shame

The news today of KS2 results revealed the shameful state of Primary School education under the management of Councillor Wicks.

Tory-led Medway LEA is amongst the worst performing authorities in the entire United Kingdom, and has effectively remained static over the last five years - remaining consistently below the national average.

For the full breakdown please the Department for Education statistics website

It is not as if Medway operates amongst the poorest areas in the United Kingdom. The Medway Unitary Authority has some of the wealthiest wards in Kent.

Councillor Wicks has a lamentable record managing our kid's education. The fiasco over school mergers on dodgy statistics, mis-management over primary school building programme's and the 13 day wait for an apology of his departments error over the 11+ fiasco.

Medway Labour have consistently warned about the Tory failure over Primary School education which is why it formed part of our local election manifesto in May 2011. The fact is these results can not continue, year-on-year, to be below average; it really should not be acceptable that we fail one third of our kids, and in some areas more than half attending some schools not getting the right grades.

It simply isnt good enough. Our kids deserve better.