Primary Education System of UK

FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LOW
PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY EDUCATION
CHILDREN UK

ABSTRACT
Primary education system of UK is facing a problem of lack of performance of children
and which affect the growth and development of the country. So, I have decided to conduct study
on determining different factors which can decline the performance of primary education
Children UK. Major objective of this research is to determine reason of the poor performance
and impact of parental involvement in primary education children. Further focus will also be
given on effectiveness of teachers and learning methods in performance of students. I have
applied a systematic process for whole investigation and comprises of a literature review,
research methodology and data analysis. Including this, I have collected facts and figures using
secondary data collection sources such as journals, websites, books and publications. These
collected data has analyzed by thematic analysis. Findings of the analysis have reflected that
major factors which affect performance of primary education of children include higher number
of students in a single section, Single parent students, Use of traditional methods of learning,
Incompetent teachers and Lack of parental involvement. Along with this, research has also
concluded that effective involvement of parents in education helps in improving performance of
children and vice versa. In addition, study has disclosed that teach and learning methods of UK is
not capable enough to improve overall performance. So, education system of UK needs to focus
on improving qualities of teachers as well as have to use the following methods of learning such
as Learning centered approach, Digital classrooms and learning methods, Play and learn,
Involvement of students, Observation method and EPPSE (Effective Pre-School, Primary and
Secondary Education Method).

Table of Contents
introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Aim and objectives......................................................................................................................4
Research questions.......................................................................................................................4
Rationale......................................................................................................................................5
Literature review..............................................................................................................................5
METHODOLOGY........................................................................................................................10
Literature search strategy:..........................................................................................................10
Data based used:........................................................................................................................10
Search terms:.............................................................................................................................12
Inclusion & exclusion criteria:...................................................................................................12
Sources.......................................................................................................................................13
Quality assessment strategy.......................................................................................................13
Critical appraisal tools –CASP..................................................................................................13
Data extraction strategy.............................................................................................................14
Ethical Considerations...............................................................................................................14
Limitation of Research..............................................................................................................14
Results and Findings......................................................................................................................15
Thematic analysis......................................................................................................................15
Discussion......................................................................................................................................17
Conclusion and Recommendations................................................................................................18
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................18
Recommendations......................................................................................................................19
references.......................................................................................................................................20

INTRODUCTION
Improving the learning outcomes of primary school students is one of the biggest
challenges for education system. It is very difficult to improve the performance of every student
due to the different associated negative factors. The current research project is based on the
similar subject and wants to determine the different factors which contribute in the low
performance of the primary education performance of students (Adolphus, Lawton and Dye,
2013). This problem in highly increasing in the UK so, researcher has chosen he primary
education students of UK. For conducting investigation author will follow a very systematic
process which will comprise different stages such as analysis of the research problem, review of
literature, research methodology and examination of collected data. The whole process will help
in completing the investigation in effective manner as well as also plays very important role in
making a final conclusion for the research report.
Aim and objectives
Aim:
“To determine the different factors that can decline the performance of primary education
Children UK”.
Objectives:
 To identify the major reasons behind the poor academic performance of children in
primary school in UK.
 To critically analyze the impact of parental involvements in the primary education
children.
 To determine the effectiveness of teachers and learning methods in primary school
education in the UK.
 To suggest appropriate ways for improving performance of primary school children of
UK.
Research questions
1. Why children in primary school education perform poorly in their academic in UK?
2. What are the impact parental involvements in the primary education children?
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3. How effective are teachers and the learning methods in the primary school education in
the UK?
Rationale
Low performance of children in Primary education in UK is one of the major issues. This
problem affects the entire nations in negative manner because it reduces the skills, knowledge
and capabilities on students which is the future generation of UK. It can affect the future growth
of nation (Vernon, Adamson and Vernon, 2013).
It is a problem because patents of children are very busy in their own career and personal
life and they do not pay appropriate attention and do not get involved in the education
performance of child. It declines the overall performance of primary students. Including this,
ineffective teachers and different methods of learning also affect the performance of students.
Therefore, these are the major reasons behind the low performance in Primary education children
in UK.
It is an issue now because education system of UK is trying to improve the overall
academic performance of children and invest huge amount of money but still performance of
students is declining. So, for resolving this issue researcher has decided to conduct investigation
on this subject (Ing and et.al, 2012).
For getting appropriate solution author needs to shed lights on the different the major
reasons behind the poor academic performance of children in primary school in UK. In addition
author should focus on involvement of parents on education of student and effectiveness of
teachers and learning methods, etc.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Literature review is an assessment of academic papers which contain current information
with essential findings. It includes theoretical and methodological contribution of that specific
study for better understanding and meaningful discovery. The information for literature review is
gathered from the secondary sources on the basis of past researches and surveys. The literature
review is on the low performing children in primary schools and the factors behind it. The reason
for applying it is to find the loopholes behind the improper performance and to implement right
strategies for improvement of students, teachers and schools. It consists of proper critical
analysis on the primary education, impact of parents on students, effectiveness of appropriate
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learning methods and teachers for improving performance of primary students. In the end of
literature review, there is research gap which explains crack between the researches with the
reason behinds this review including effective key findings and measures.
According to the viewpoints of Hollowell, 2016, the emphasis of primary education is on
giving child a strong foundation with more emphasis towards reading and mathematics
(Hollowell, 2016). Primary education is introduced for eight years and the age of children for
joining primary schools is from 6 to 13 years.
Similarly, Moyles, Georgeson and Payler, 2011, have said that Primary schools are changing the
pattern of primary education continuously from 1960 to till yet (Moyles, Georgeson and Payler,
2011).
It has further been found by Alexandar and et.al., 2012 that Age of children for taking
admission in primary schools plays essential role for their overall development (Alexandar and
et.al., 2012). As per this, government decides the age by evaluating all the factors which helps in
improvement and development of skills and knowledge. But it is still a known fact that Schools
are taking admission of those children who are less than the decided age limit which is the main
reason behind the low performance of students. On the other hand Moyles, Georgeson and
Payler, 2011, have argued that “Primary schools aof the Finland are working and performing
well due to their dedication and innovative approaches. Primary teachers give extra attention to
their weak students and some times give them private classes also for resolving their issues.
Along with this 30% of the children receive extra attention and special help at the time of their
first 9 years” (Moyles, Georgeson and Payler, 2011). From this statement, it is clear that different
students have different habits and interest. For their development primary schools needs to use
different learning methods as per their habits and area of interest.
Teacher related factors and found that Lack of experience, improper knowledge of
required field, classroom management problem, lack of communication skills and lack of
creativeness and innovativeness leads to low results in the end. School related factors affects
more the performance of students as compare to the other factors as it includes improper
equipments, use of old techniques, ineffective management and maintenance, less umber of
teachers (Huntley, Luna and Kaiser, 2012)
As per the above statement, if schools do not have sufficient equipment and techniques
than it affects the working and performance of skilled teachers as they are not able to give their
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