Many schools spend too long drilling children to pass national tests instead of giving them a proper education, the government’s exams watchdog has warned.
Wonder when all those nice inspectors will be calling on those children’s parents then?
Further down the article:
Schools minister Lord Adonis said: “Despite some popular misconceptions, children do not spend their days chained to the desk preparing for Sats.”
Contrary to the popular misconceptions of the government’s own exams watchdog? Get your house in order then Lord Adonis, seems like you aren’t all singing from the same hymn sheet.
Good point, well made
As in 40% of children are not receiving an education appropriate to their age, ability and aptitude (as evidenced by the fact that they are illiterate/innumerate at age 11) and local authorities are taking them to court to force them to take them out of state schools?
But these new figures are apparantly a cause for celebration! Things are so much better
Amazing the spin that gets put on stuff like this…