Maths on education's list of areas for improvement

The Education Strategy serves as a point of reference for what the bailiwick's education system wants to deliver

Maths is one of the key areas of improvement needed in Guernsey's education system, according to the island's Education Strategy Annual Report.

The pass rate of the islands GCSE students in maths for 2023 was 57.7%, which is below the average for England.

Other areas listed in the report included matching school attendance to pre-Covid levels and improving the "quality of education".

Director of Education Nick Hynes said: "We should be held accountable for making further improvements."

The report, the second of its type to be published, is intended to highlight the positive progress being made as well as the areas that need improvement.

The key areas of success included a rise in literacy levels, positive Ofsted reports and a new programme to train teachers on-island.

'Can do better'

Mr Hynes said while there were "many areas to be proud of", there continued to be "ongoing challenges and things we know we can do better".

He added: "Guernsey has all the ingredients necessary to deliver an excellent education system and establishing a long-term vision and aims is key to this."

Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen, President of the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture, said the results of the first report made it clear there "was much work to be done".

"We laid the foundations for this work in 2021 and I am pleased that in 2023 the green shoots of improvement began to appear in many of the areas we have been focusing on and supporting through change," she said.