Submitted on Tuesday 26th May 2020
Rejected on Monday 8th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Scrap SATS tests for primary children
Following the lengthy disruption of schooling for primary children this spring and the likely educational disruption which they will continue to face for some months, it is not fair or appropriate for them to be put through the SATS tests in years 1 and 6
As a parent of two children due to go into years 1 and 6 in September 2020 I am very concerned about the effect the extended disruption to their formal education will have on their SATS results. As the 2020 SATS have not gone ahead due to Covid19 and the likely unreliable results the next sets of results will produce now seems the perfect time to review their effectiveness and agree to scrap these unnecessary and stressful primary school tests.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about exams are a matter for exam boards, individual schools and Ofqual, and are not a matter for the UK Government or Parliament.
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Suspend school performance tables and make SATs tests optional (Coronavirus): petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301021
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