Secondary level SATS scrapped

SATS at secondary level are being scrapped to reduce the exam burden, with the public exames at 16 to be used to monitor school peformance, but they are to be retained at 7 and 11 so that we have a measure of primary school performance.

The current level of bureaucratic burden on schools is admittedly far too high, so there is a case for this measure, as long as the improvement between the SATS at 11 and the public exams at 16 can be used to measure Value Add, which is a better indication of how well schools are doing than the level of attainment.

Let's hope it can be addressed in a way which means less paperwork for schools rather than even more.

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