Nursery World - Teachers would vote to ditch SATs

Teachers in England and Wales have given substantial backing for a ballot to boycott all SATs, with the strongest support for a ban on tests at the end of Key Stage 1. A survey by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) found support was strongest for a ballot to boycott Key Stage 1 tests at 82.5 per cent, with 71.4 per cent wanting a ballot to boycott Key Stage 2 and 64 per cent Key Stage 3.

A survey by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) found support was strongest for a ballot to boycott Key Stage 1 tests at 82.5 per cent, with 71.4 per cent wanting a ballot to boycott Key Stage 2 and 64 per cent Key Stage 3.

Doug McAvoy, NUT general secretary, denied that the union was planning strikes, but urged the Government 'to agree to a review of the tests of the same order that has been put in place in Wales and Scotland', and said that it should look at alternative forms of assessment to 'its own discredited testing regime'.

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