Excellence in English: What we can learn from 12 outstanding schools said that where teaching is outstanding, boys did as well as girls in English, bucking national trends.
Chief inspector Christine Gilbert said, 'There are many routes to excellence. No two schools are the same and there is no simple formula that will make a school outstanding in its English provision. But the schools featured in this report are showing the way in difficult circumstances and their pupils make outstanding progress and achieve high standards. I hope they will inspire others.'
Jump Primary School in Barnsley, one of the case studies featured, gave examples of how to provide opportunities for literacy in the nursery class. The report said that the quality of English teaching is 'consistently high'. Its keys features are:
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