Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Hardy of Wath, on Tuesday, 14 January 1992, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

---

CHILDREN'S READING ABILITY

That this House notes with interest the success which Wickersley Northfield Infant and Junior Schools near Rotherham, South Yorkshire have achieved in the teaching of reading; but expresses concern that at the Infant School last year resources allowed for books to the value of ??400 to be obtained, whilst the cost of the bureaucratic and often ill-judged literature and instructions despatched to all teachers from the Department of Education and Science in this case exceeded ??800; welcomes the fact that when children leave this Junior School at the age of 11 years the standards of reading which are achieved are a great deal higher than the level frequently assumed by the media and the Secretary of State; and further, that a significant proportion of these 11 years olds attain a reading age which may well be more advanced than that of a number of those who serve, or have served, as Ministers in the Department of Education and Science in the period during which so much has been done to disturb, disrupt and demoralise both the children attending schools within the state system and those who teach them.

---

Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

472 

Session

1991-92

Subjects

Primary education Reading

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk