The table compares two primary schools in terms of the (1)______of their pupils who experienced seven different educational problems in the years 2005 and 2015.

It is noticeable that school A had higher proportions of children with all (2)___ educational difficulties in both years. However, while school A managed to reduce the incidence of most of the problems between 2005 and 2015, school B saw an (3)_________l rise in the percentage of children who were struggling.

In 2005, (4)______ of school A’s pupils found it difficult to follow instructions, whereas only 6% of pupils in school B experienced this problem. (5)_____, between 30 and 40 per cent of children attending school A had problems in the areas of spelling, listening, verbal expression and concentration in lessons, while the equivalent figures for school B stood at between 5 and 15 per cent.

In 2015, the difference between the two schools was less pronounced. Notably, the proportion of children who struggled to follow instructions (6)_____ by 24% in school A, and this school also saw falls of 22%, 15%, 14% and 5% in the figures for children who had problems with concentration, listening, verbal expression and spelling. In school B, however, the proportion of children who struggled with spelling and following instructions (7)_______, to 10% and 12% respectively, and there was almost (8)________ in the incidence of listening, verbal or concentration problems.

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