England is the only developed country producing school leavers who are worse at maths and reading than their grandparents, according to a damning report. The study found 16 to 24-year-olds are among the least literate and numerate in the world, lagging behind those in countries including Estonia, Poland and the Slovak Republic. England came 22nd out of 24 countries for the reading skills of its young people and 21st for maths, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Damning report: An international study has found that the UK's young people are 'among the least literate and numerate in the developed world' (file picture)
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'Deeply worrying' report shows scale of problems with UK education system
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Literacy and numeracy tables show England 22 and 21 out of 24 countries
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'School leavers among the least literate and numerate in developed world'
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Government calls them 'Labour’s children force-fed a diet of dumbing down'
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Report's author OECD admits research 'doesn’t look good for the UK'
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England only country where those retiring have better skills than the young
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Labour says years of rising GCSE grades proves they 'drove up standards'
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