Pupils ranked at 11..disappointing and destructive
- Nevil Chiles
- Jul 19, 2013
- 1 min read
Here’s my take on the recent news that 11-year-old pupils will be ranked against peers…
** Pupils face national rankings at 11 ** Primary school pupils in England could be ranked directly against their peers across the country, under plans to change performance measures.
Disappointing and destructive is exactly how I see these proposals! Has this really been thought through? Raising the standard to an 85% pass mark of an assessment that hasn’t even been decided upon yet??
As a father of three children I feel strongly that to constantly label younger children is very damaging especially to those that are doing less well. Surely this measure would mean a huge increase in workload for already overworked teaching staff. Why do politicians keep making new policies which are obviously just measures to try to demonstrate that they are doing something.
Please can we let teachers teach not pile them high with more bureaucracy.