An education leader believes a broader picture is needed to establish the scale of the Government's literacy programme success.

58% of students are at or above phonics expectations, compared to 36% in term one.

More than 40% of students exceeded expectations in term three - more than double the first term. 

Kaiapoi North School Principal Jason Miles told Ryan Bridge that this has to be looked at in context.  

He says that given it's such a small data set, this needs to be analysed over time, but it's a great start. 

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