Government figures released today show that the percentage of pupils in Aberdeen City  achieving expected levels in literacy and numeracy are at least ten percent below the national average.

The Scottish Government came under sustained fire today after statistics show deteriorating levels of reading, writing, numeracy and listening & talking skills in schools across the country.  

North East MSP Mike Rumbles said: “These figures show that almost a third of children in our schools in Aberdeen are failing to meet the required level literacy and numeracy.  

“The system, under this inept SNP Government, has utterly failed thousands of children across the North East. What is worse is that they have refused to acknowledge that their incompetence could leave a generation of children without the skills they need to get on in life.

“They promised class sizes would shrink and attainment would increase. Needless to say, that is two more promises that this shambles of a government have not delivered. After ten years in power, it’s time they took responsibility for our education system instead of cutting the resources available to it.”

ENDS

Notes for editors:

• Figures can be found at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/Summarystatsforschools

• The averages for Scotland (in percentages) are: