As reported by The Guardian, the use of holiday ‘booster sessions’ for pupils in year two preparing for their Sats has been robustly condemned by the Department for Education and major teaching unions, with one union [read more]
YouGov surveyed 2028 parents of children in state primary schools in England to investigate their views on the current assessment regime and they found that the majority of parents disagree with the current system The [read more]
The pilot for testing four and five-year-olds has now ended – how has it been received? The testing of four and five-year-olds as they begin school has proven to be a hugely controversial move by [read more]
The UK’s main parties are preparing for a general election which will take place on 12 December It has only been two-and-a-half years since the last general election, but after MPs supported a pre-Christmas election [read more]
The NAHT has commented on phonics check and KS1 SATs This piece needs a bit of an introduction. When you get just a quote, like this, it’s a good idea to search for a story [read more]
As reported by The Guardian, the most recent SAT results show that girls continue to outperform boys in most topics, while disadvantaged pupils also continue to fall behind Girls continue to outperform boys in all [read more]
According to a new survey, primary school teachers support the NEU’s ongoing campaign for a viable alternative to SATs With this year’s SATs results published today, a large poll of primary school practitioners appears the [read more]
As reported by the BBC, parents of Year 2 pupils at a Suffolk school have boycotted SATs, believing them to be “ruining” their children’s education Parents of children at Bealings School in Suffolk have shown [read more]
The education secretary, Damian Hinds, wrote in the Sunday Telegraph on 21 April about the importance of SATs, weighing in on a national debate regarding pupil stress levels and whether these exams are necessary Damian [read more]
The ASCL has commented on Labour’s plan to scrap SATs altogether, following the news that teachers may be boycotting these exams Last month, teachers called on the government to scrap SATs – something the Labour [read more]
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