The phonics screening check
The Phonics Screening Check promotes school accountability, not a love of reading.
The Phonics Screening Check promotes school accountability, not a love of reading.
The revised early learning goals of the EYFSP narrow the curriculum and undermine the role of early years in education.
When 4- & 5-year-olds should be settling into school, they are unnecessarily tested.
There is now more primary and early years assessment than ever. English children are among the most tested in the world.
We need reform of our assessment and exams systems to make them fit for the future.