Pupils succeed in small schools

28th June 2002, 1:00am

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Pupils succeed in small schools

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SMALL schools outperform their larger counterparts in national tests for seven and 11-year-olds, according to new government figures. Excluding special schools, an average of 88 per cent of pupils in schools with fewer than 10 11-year-olds reached the expected level in reading. This compares with 83 per cent in all schools.

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