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Letter from More Than A Score:
Don't let them test four-year-olds
The government is splashing out £10 million on its plans to test four and five-year-olds in English and maths when they start school. This is despite overwhelming opposition from parents, heads, teachers and education experts and no evidence that small children can be reliably assessed.
We only have a few more months to demand a halt to the roll-out of these pointless and damaging tests: from September, schools across the country will be taking part in a pilot of the new regime.
We already have over 36,000 signatures on our petition to Nick Gibb MP, the Schools Minister. Can you help us reach our goal of 50,000 names?
Share this email with your friends and family, especially if they have children starting school in September. Ask them to sign our petition.
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Would you want your four-year-old to sit tests in English and maths in their first few weeks of school? Let us make our voices heard: our children are More Than A Score.
Best wishes
The More Than A Score team
ECF member Learning through Landscapes recommends the Erasmus-funded project Take Me Out. Visit www.takemeoutproject.eu for a wealth of resources and information.