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School sees rise in basic skills issues
Western Mail
|July 12, 2025
ISSUES with literacy and numeracy have increased among children, according to the head of a Welsh primary school where many entrants are nonverbal.
Luke Tweedley, headteacher at Oak Field Primary School in Barry, told members of Vale of Glamorgan council's Start Well scrutiny committee recently that more than 90% of three-year-olds coming to them were below the expected level for literacy and numeracy.
A report published by the Welsh Government in 2023 recognised the numeracy and literacy challenge schools faced and said the Covid-19 pandemic played a big part in creating it.
One member of the committee, Cllr Helen Payne, asked Mr Tweedley at a meeting this week whether poor literacy and numeracy rates were a regular occurrence in schools now.
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