Minister calls on primary schools to forego Sats warning

This article, especially written for the NUT is one of many on all subjects relating to education in England and Wales. Since 2002 we have been archiving these articles and you can visit the Newswire Archive here. Minister calls on primary schools to forego Sats warning Young children should not be given advance warning about their Sats, the education secretary has argued. In an interview with the New Statesman, Ed Balls hit out at primary schools that inform six and seven-year-olds that they will be undergoing assessment. He contended that this could create undue stress for the children. "The best headteachers will ensure that no six or seven-year-old knows they are doing Sats," said Mr Balls. And he called on schools to make key stage one exams "part of the school day", rather than introducing them in a formal "sit-down... [read full story]