Literacy and Key Stage Three successKey stage 3 (KS3) in secondary schools has always been the squeezed middle when it comes to school improvement. Jammed between high stakes assessments in KS2 and GCSEs at KS4, it has often been shrunk…Alex Quigley·5d ago·7 min readThe Missing middle: Why we agreed to chair the Key Stage 3 Alliancethe EEF was researching the 'reading at the transition' issue back in 2017Reading habits and writing habits outside the school gates have declined dramatically compared to previous generationsvocabulary and reading 'jump'
