Standards have not improved in the main, although some sectors such as special and independent schools are maintaining their high performance.
However, one leading teaching union warned teachers not to be despondent as there were “definite signs of hope”.
The Welsh schools inspectorate, Estyn, found that in primary schools during 2012/13, standards were similar to the previous year with 72 per cent being judged good or better and 28 per cent adequate.
Standards in secondary schools were generally more divided, with more excellence than in primary schools, but also more schools judged as unsatisfactory. Since the previous year, the proportion of secondary schools that are unsatisfactory has increased from 14 to 23 per cent.
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