About 600,000 11-year-olds are preparing for Sats in May
Teachers are expected to back a boycott of Sats tests for children aged seven and 11 in England – unless ministers agree to scrap the exams.
National Union of Teachers members, meeting in Cardiff for their annual conference, are preparing to vote on planned joint action with headteachers.
Union leaders say the tests are damaging to pupils and demean staff.
Fair play to the NUT in my opinion. I don’t like the system of exams anyway, as I have little confidence in formal education and the idea of a pass or fail fixed achievement, I like the idea of personal achievement.
However that isn’t going to happen, but dropping exams for 7 and 11 year olds is definately a good move. I know there’s a huge push for education at a higher standard but there are ways of doing this and measuring it without making a 7 year old sit an exam.
