Just 6 per cent of parents think that children should be tested in English and Maths within their first few weeks of school, according to new research, which also revealed that most parents surveyed ...

The reality of the Reception Baseline Assessment for children is very different from the Government's portrayal of it in an information leaflet for parents, argues Nancy Stewart The Government has ...

Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott is advocating for legislative changes to address the growing concern over children's ...

Families are set to challenge the government in court over its controversial test for four-year-olds in the first few weeks of primary school as they worry the assessment will “harm” pupils. Parents ...

Almost 100,000 parents and professionals have called on the government to scrap formal assessments of four-and five-year-olds impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Tests could impact children's ...

A teachers’ union has criticised the Government’s decision to replace Key Stage 1 SATs with a new one-on-one assessment system for reception-age primary school pupils. The Reception Baseline ...

Pupils as young as four will soon be tested before they finish reception year under new Government plans announced today. The Department for Education has announced plans for a new reception-year ...

School leaders are calling on the Government to abandon its plans to assess four and five-year-old children in their first few weeks of school in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Some head teachers ...

Six- and seven-year-old children in Year 2 will no longer have to sit SATs exams from the year 2023, under new Government plans. However, new tests will be introduced for children going into Reception ...

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