Newport has achieved the highest-ever rating for a Local Education Authority (LEA) in Wales.Following a recent inspection, Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales, Estyn, praised Newport LEA as officially the best in Wales and described pupil performance as “outstanding”. This means that Newport school pupils are benefiting from the best education standards in the country. A team of nine Estyn inspectors visited Newport in January and awarded the highest possible grades for strategic management and support for school improvement. They stated that the LEA support for “numeracy and literacy is outstanding and has a significant impact on raising standards, particularly in primary schools.” The Estyn report follows official National Curriculum assessment figures from the National Assembly last year, which showed that Newport outperforms the majority of other Welsh local authorities in the core subjects of English, mathematics and science. In fact, using the Core Subject Indicator, Newport is the top authority in Wales at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 and is sixth at Key Stage 3.
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