Survey finds some secondary school students in the North have reading age of 13

Some pupils sitting GCSEs, roughly equivalent to the Junior Cert, in Northern Ireland have the reading age of a 13-year-old, a survey says.

Some pupils sitting GCSEs, which they take roughly halfway through their time in secondary school, in Northern Ireland have the reading age of a 13-year-old, a survey says.

Secondary school children are not reading challenging enough books and lag behind their primary counterparts in the rate of progress made, according to a study by education provider Renaissance UK.