Following an annuncement on Sunday, the Conservatives plan to scrap SATs "as quickly as possible" should they come to power after the next general election. Although the party introduced the tests in the mid-1990s, the new proposals, put forward by Michael Gove, the shadow schools secretary, would mean key stage 2 national curriculum tests would no longer be taken by pupils at the end of Year 6. Instead, they would move the exams to the beginning of Year 7, when 11-year-olds start secondary school.
The rationale behind the move, say the Conservatives, is that many secondaries do not trust the Sats results that come out of primary schools and tend to hold their own tests to check the aptitude levels of their new intake.
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