The Conservative party have said that if they win the next general election they will abolish SATs at the end of Key Stage 2, replacing them with an entrance exam at Secondary.
What can we conclude from this? This is the party that gave Chris Woodhead real Power as head of Ofsted; believes in selection and has a tradition of being the 'natural' party of the market economy.
It strikes me that that primary teachers may have seriously mixed feelings about this. The test the children will be given as they start Secondary school will be like a Key Stage 2 Sat after a five of six week break; will children need to revise over the summer? Will there be 'summer schools' run by teachers? How will the Government continue to test the effectiveness of primary schools? Hmm, watch this space...
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