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  Too much, too young

  If homework becomes a chore at age 6, what are we letting ourselves in for in the future?

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  Schoolgirl writes to Education Secretary Michael Gove after spotting errors in SATs paper

  May 20th, 2013

  A schoolgirl has taken Education Secretary Michael Gove to task over errors she spotted in her SATs...

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  Primary school children turning to cigarettes for SATs exam stress

  May 13th, 2013

  Primary school children taking their SATs exams feel under so much pressure they are turning to...

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  Why can't our children spell?

  Thirty years on and the weekly spelling test is out of fashion in many primary schools. Parents are...

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  The Parentdish guide to primary school SATs

  If you've got a child in year 2 or year 6, you could well be hearing mutterings about SATs...

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  Primary school kids leaving with poor grasp of the three Rs

  Aug 2nd, 2011

  Government figures due out today are expected to reveal a shocking lack of reading, writing and...

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  Decoding your child's school report: Our guide to National Curriculum primary school...

  Just got your child's school report? Flummoxed by all those National Curriculum numbers and...

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  How to choose a primary school (and it's not all down to league tables and Ofsted reports)

  May 3rd, 2011

  Getty Between them, my two daughters have been to a total of five primary schools. On the ...

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  Children being turned into 'statistical fodder' to hit Government targets, warns...

  May 2nd, 2011

  PA Children's education is being debased as they are turned into "statistical fodder" to hit ...

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