English 14-year-olds scored 11 more points in maths than in 2012 but Kazakhstan achieved 41 more points in the same time frame, thus forcing England to share joint 10th place with the US Antoine Gyori/AGP/GettyEnglish children have achieved their highest scores in international maths league tables, figures show today. The Timss table — Trends in International Maths and Science — showed that children from East Asia continued to dominate in both maths and science. England has improved since the last study, published in 2012, getting higher scores for ten and 14-year-olds. But its position fell in some of the tables because other countries had improved faster. Timss is the longest-running, large-scale international assessment of maths and science achievement in the world, with more than 600,000 pupils taking part in two age groups.

Source: The Times November 29, 2016 12:06 UTC