Say No to phonics tests for young children Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/say-no-to-phonics-tests-for-young-children.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 02:54 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Richard Gotch [Signature #1722] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18749730?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Apr 2015 01:41:40 UTC 18749730 Miss Sarah Rousseau [Signature #1721] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18647867?utm_medium=rss Please allow Mr Gove to explain to us how to pronounce his name.

]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:17:17 UTC 18647867 Mrs Julie Haberfield [Signature #1720] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17481694?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jun 2014 03:51:08 UTC 17481694 MISS MARIA SLATTERY [Signature #1719] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17369052?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 05:20:29 UTC 17369052 Mr Chris Mayfield [Signature #1718] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17139280?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:23:13 UTC 17139280 mrs donna mayfield [Signature #1717] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17139250?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:14:04 UTC 17139250 miss rachel Howarth [Signature #1716] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17139237?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:09:39 UTC 17139237 Laura Lee [Signature #1715] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17114032?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Mar 2014 05:48:36 UTC 17114032 Miss Rebecca Roberts [Signature #1714] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16721622?utm_medium=rss Let children have a childhood. As a teacher why should I need to have suicide watch training? Answer because of the pointless pressure the goverment are putting children under. Look at Finland etc and learn from their success. Be remembered for good not destroying the education system

]]> Sun, 2 Feb 2014 12:27:22 UTC 16721622 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1713] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16651986?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Jan 2014 01:42:44 UTC 16651986 Mrs Amy Doust [Signature #1712] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16110577?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Nov 2013 11:28:58 UTC 16110577 ms linnet brooks [Signature #1711] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15851122?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:31:29 UTC 15851122 MS Esther Menon [Signature #1710] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15850460?utm_medium=rss The government directly ignored the advice of a number of specialists on this matter in introducing this test. I object to my son sitting a meaningless test, being asked to read words that are 'nonsense words' and being judged upon this result.

]]> Tue, 17 Sep 2013 05:17:51 UTC 15850460 Mr Benedict Rawlinson [Signature #1709] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14315469?utm_medium=rss Teachers are highly qualified professionals - the introduction of this test signifies a mistrust of their ability to tailor education and is unnecessary State intervention.
The introduction of this test is simply arbitrary meddling and serves no purpose beneficial to the pupil, teacher or State.

]]> Wed, 2 Jan 2013 04:14:56 UTC 14315469 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1708] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13865737?utm_medium=rss Reading must be for enjoyment first and foremost. Stop crushing our children's enthusiasm.

]]> Tue, 2 Oct 2012 05:50:58 UTC 13865737 mrs rita bannon [Signature #1707] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13549236?utm_medium=rss WE must learn to measure what we value, not just value what we measure !

]]> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:43:13 UTC 13549236 Mrs Winsome Batt [Signature #1706] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13401391?utm_medium=rss Fundamentally wrong. It is about time the Government realises that TEACHERS know what they are doing and do not need to be dictated to on issues that they are trained to do and have experiences in. The Government should spend their energies cutting down our workload, as they promised they will do, and leave TEACHERS to teach.

]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:36:12 UTC 13401391 Mrs Patricia Lewis [Signature #1705] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13395879?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:46:31 UTC 13395879 Miss Alicia Thurlow-Packham [Signature #1704] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13340671?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:45:49 UTC 13340671 Victoria Romero [Signature #1703] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13340644?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:41:38 UTC 13340644 Mrs Lucy Gillott [Signature #1702] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13327424?utm_medium=rss My very able fluent reader failed-best bit, he read the letter saying he hadn't passed and wanted to know why! This test is pointless-what about context, enveloping etc, what highly paid idiots designed it? It does not test reading.

]]> Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:30:25 UTC 13327424 Miss ADELE BURNS [Signature #1701] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13316104?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:12:08 UTC 13316104 Miss Helen Croucher [Signature #1700] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13312712?utm_medium=rss horrendous, digusting waste of money that causes unnecessary anxt for children, parents and teachers. I worried because my son had met the "required standard" on his year 1 phonics test to then find out on one third of children even pass it!!! Parents are not given the right information nor has it made me anymore aware of my sons abilities. Also, there is something dreadfully wrong with the testing as I tested my son again with the same words, in the same way the teachers video tells them to test them and he got only 2 wrong!!! a single teachers judgement cannot be counted upon for countless reasons. In general, I feel it is wrong and a little cruel to TEST children at such a young age anyway!!!

]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:25:54 UTC 13312712 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1699] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13243375?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Jul 2012 02:19:47 UTC 13243375 Mr Chris Cooke [Signature #1698] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13240452?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Jul 2012 06:15:38 UTC 13240452 Miss Anonymous [Signature #1697] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13236421?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Jul 2012 02:26:25 UTC 13236421 Anonymous [Signature #1696] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13224242?utm_medium=rss Phonics teaching and assessment, yes.
Tests, no.
Reading for pleasure, yes and keep libraries funded and open.

]]> Sun, 1 Jul 2012 03:20:51 UTC 13224242 MRS VICKI BALDWIN [Signature #1695] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13164911?utm_medium=rss How ridiculous that children have been taught to read English and then get tested on gobbledygoob!!! Very confusing for the children - especially bright children!

]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:22:10 UTC 13164911 Mrs Kaye Healy [Signature #1694] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13141635?utm_medium=rss I feel that this test does nothing to improve the reading of the children in my class and has just served to make me really stressed. No matter how hard I tried to make it fun I still had some children crying and many did not perform to their normal standard. I did not drill my children for the test but feel that next year I will be left with no option but to do this so that I get the results that I need.

]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:32:12 UTC 13141635 Miss Anonymous [Signature #1693] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13135818?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:10:39 UTC 13135818 Miss Melissa Newberry [Signature #1692] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13133952?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:08:36 UTC 13133952 Ms Lauren Barber [Signature #1691] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13133710?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:50:07 UTC 13133710 Miss Emma Grantham [Signature #1690] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13133184?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:28:05 UTC 13133184 Marian Francis [Signature #1689] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13035282?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Jun 2012 03:47:55 UTC 13035282 Donna McFadden [Signature #1688] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13033491?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:31:14 UTC 13033491 Mr Lewis James Doig [Signature #1687] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13020504?utm_medium=rss Considering our financial situation, this test at the very least represents an outrageous waste of public money - all teachers in the Early Years/Infants do something similar to this anyway.

]]> Fri, 8 Jun 2012 04:38:05 UTC 13020504 Ms Gemma Hobbs [Signature #1686] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12883343?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2012 02:10:29 UTC 12883343 Mrs Jo Robson [Signature #1685] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12883321?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2012 02:02:47 UTC 12883321 Mrs Kerry Luckhurst [Signature #1684] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12878726?utm_medium=rss Money wasting, lack of trust in the teachers and a waste of valuable teaching time. This is not necessary!

]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 02:54:30 UTC 12878726 Ms Sarah Howe [Signature #1683] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12864543?utm_medium=rss Bringing in tests for six year olds is miguided and ridiculous. These children have just started to read and write and develop at such different rates. Testing them will add huge amounts of stress, and show them that reading and school is about only about testing and performing like monkeys. Classroom teachers know the development of individual pupils but this added layer of an exam will mean they will inevitably teach to this test and all fun in learning will be squashed from a very early age.

]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 12:17:09 UTC 12864543 Anonymous [Signature #1682] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12858911?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 May 2012 03:51:10 UTC 12858911 Mrs J Patterson [Signature #1681] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12858466?utm_medium=rss - where is your research to support this white paper?
- stop wasting my tax money.
- listen to teachers and those other professionals at the coal face! PLEASE!

]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 03:07:15 UTC 12858466 Mrs Kerri Bishop [Signature #1680] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12858461?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 May 2012 03:06:29 UTC 12858461 Mr Aidan Parr [Signature #1679] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12858369?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 May 2012 02:54:56 UTC 12858369 Mr Christopher Stribblehill [Signature #1678] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12858309?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 May 2012 02:47:43 UTC 12858309 Mrs Nancy Gilbert [Signature #1677] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12858139?utm_medium=rss I resent the assumption that a standardised test will improve their teachers' ability to know where they are at and what they need next. My twins' teachers are highly skilled, clever professionals who teach according to their strengths. Both boys thrive with a variety of language acquisition methods, some phonics, some 'memorising' non-phonetic words. I would find it abhorrent to suggest that the teacher of my visual reading boy was in some way failing, because he prefers to read by context

]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 02:33:25 UTC 12858139 Miss Ruth Atkins [Signature #1676] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12858109?utm_medium=rss As a EYFS parent and Primary school teacher, I am opposed to COMPULSORY phonics testing.

]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 02:30:59 UTC 12858109 Mrs Rachel Roger [Signature #1675] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12810071?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 May 2012 09:31:06 UTC 12810071 mrs kay sammon [Signature #1674] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12732853?utm_medium=rss As a parent I am disgusted at the prospect of my child being put through this flawed test. There is a total disregard for how children learn, for huge differences in the development of such young children and the wasted learning time preparing and administering the test. I have investigated whether I can withdraw my child from this pointless political exercise and the (excellent) Head Teacher at my daughters school has been threatened with Ofsted if he does not ensure all children 'comply'.

]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 02:55:51 UTC 12732853 Mrs Emily Swanson [Signature #1673] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12715316?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 May 2012 12:16:45 UTC 12715316 Mr Steven Woolston [Signature #1672] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12712444?utm_medium=rss Too much testing at too young an age will put children off education and natural learning!

]]> Tue, 8 May 2012 04:51:19 UTC 12712444 Anna Woolston [Signature #1671] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12711953?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 May 2012 03:53:24 UTC 12711953 mandy freewoman [Signature #1670] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12707156?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 May 2012 07:15:47 UTC 12707156 miss Anonymous [Signature #1669] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12660627?utm_medium=rss I believe this is a complete waste of a teachers allocated time, all teachers are qualified to identify such issues at an early stage. This would also mean more pressure applied to teaching assistants who would be the main allocated teacher during the period of testing / preparation.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 10:45:47 UTC 12660627 Katja Stuerzenhofecker [Signature #1668] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12658463?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 May 2012 03:16:02 UTC 12658463 Mrs Hannah Palamara [Signature #1667] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12615359?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:00:23 UTC 12615359 Ms Anna Skinner [Signature #1666] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12573945?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:17:07 UTC 12573945 Mrs Deborah Webb [Signature #1665] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12571804?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:26:47 UTC 12571804 Ms Kate Russell [Signature #1664] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12571485?utm_medium=rss We already have developmental phonic screening through Letters and Sounds- Why introduce something new? It is another intrusion that will take the teacher away from teaching. I am concerned that the resulting over-emphasis of phonics in FS and Y1 will turn young children off reading, especially those who find the acquisition of basic literacy skills difficult. Many children do not have role models at home presenting reading as an enjoyable and worthwhile pastime. This will not help them.

]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:35:52 UTC 12571485 Katie Purnell [Signature #1663] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12566319?utm_medium=rss I am a teacher & having recently administered a 'practice' test am of the view that it is not the best method for testing children's reading attainment. I believe it has the potential to seriously damage children's confidence in themselves as readers. The inclusion of non-words is not 'fun' as suggested on the DfE website but confusing, as a professional I do not see the benefit of asking children to read such words when part of the reading process is to read for meaning!

]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:10:40 UTC 12566319 Anonymous [Signature #1662] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12532666?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:07:56 UTC 12532666 Mrs Jill Hoad [Signature #1661] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12529337?utm_medium=rss I write as a retired primary teacher with 26 years experience as a Remedial/Special Needs Teacher (SENCO latterly) and 6 years as part of the City's Special Needs Support team.

]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 05:51:43 UTC 12529337 Anonymous [Signature #1660] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12528373?utm_medium=rss This test is ill judged, wastes valuable teaching time and patronises teachers - who already know which children need additional support. Give us additional funding instead to use a range of appropriate intervention measures.

]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 02:54:07 UTC 12528373 Mr Paul Gardner [Signature #1659] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12524593?utm_medium=rss Would you cross the Atalantic Ocean on a plank of wood or a luxury yacht? Phonics is the plank. It is part of the yacht but has been removed. Gove tells us it is the only way to cross the ocean but we see the yacht and know the truth. Reading is multifaceted, complex, and requires several interacting strategies. Gove's approach will result in pupils who do not comptehend what they read and have only functional fluency, lacking enjoyment in reading.

]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 03:16:59 UTC 12524593 Anonymous [Signature #1658] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12524421?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Apr 2012 02:35:59 UTC 12524421 Ms Anne-Marie Draycott [Signature #1657] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12521914?utm_medium=rss By ignoring the rafts of evidence from other countries that understand the benefit of putting off the formal learning of reading and writing until later, this government needs to improve its own reading.

Every child is different...even the politicians' own children are different within each family unit - some take to reading and writing sooner than others...testing by a certain age will marginalise a lot of children and hamper them on the journey. Stop this now...it is a harmful move!

]]> Sun, 8 Apr 2012 01:50:59 UTC 12521914 Mr Jamie Neil [Signature #1656] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12521774?utm_medium=rss By ignoring the rafts of evidence from other countries that understand the benefit of putting off the formal learning of reading and writing until later, this government needs to improve its own reading.

Every child is different...even the politicians' own children are different within each family unit - some take to reading and writing sooner than others...testing by a certain age will marginalise a lot of children and hamper them on the journey. Stop this now...it is a harmful move!

]]> Sun, 8 Apr 2012 01:20:59 UTC 12521774 Mr Kevin McLaughlin [Signature #1655] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12521655?utm_medium=rss Completely pointless as school are already doing this. Why the wasteful spending of tax payers money?

]]> Sun, 8 Apr 2012 12:53:37 UTC 12521655 Miss Joann Perry [Signature #1654] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12521510?utm_medium=rss As an Early years teacher I am consistently assessing Phonic knowledge along with reading skills and abilities. A standard test could mean some teacher will teach for the test rather than teaching the real skills the children need. These tests do not benefit the children they just make it harder for the teachers to teach!

]]> Sun, 8 Apr 2012 12:17:59 UTC 12521510 Mr Rob Henry [Signature #1653] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12519932?utm_medium=rss My son finds non sense words confusing as he is trying to link the phonics with a word he already knows.
Please let the teachers do their jobs without interfering! (Go and interfere with the bankers more instead...)

]]> Sun, 8 Apr 2012 04:51:54 UTC 12519932 Mrs Stephanie Robinson [Signature #1652] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12470646?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:24:39 UTC 12470646 Miss Ruth Wainman [Signature #1651] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12468439?utm_medium=rss The government should trust in our teachers to be teachers, they should let our children be children and they should let education be the responsibility of those who have actually worked with children and young people that these tests will badly effect.

]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:31:53 UTC 12468439 Mrs Wendy Smith [Signature #1650] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12459333?utm_medium=rss This is a disgraceful waste of our money. gove has made dishonest use of statistics and data to try and justify it. It only serves to make politicians who abuse stats look totally inadequate

]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:41:05 UTC 12459333 Miss Joanna Harrison [Signature #1649] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12439110?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:37:02 UTC 12439110 Miss Sarah Fuggle [Signature #1648] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12439107?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:36:05 UTC 12439107 Mrs Naomi Powell [Signature #1647] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12424485?utm_medium=rss Please do not phonics test young children.

]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:25:37 UTC 12424485 Miss Lorna Keegan [Signature #1646] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12424164?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:30:48 UTC 12424164 miss hannah phillips [Signature #1645] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12423454?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:20:43 UTC 12423454 mrs Dawn Middleton [Signature #1644] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12421315?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:43:53 UTC 12421315 Miss Rosemary Wainman [Signature #1643] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12394011?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:39:59 UTC 12394011 Anonymous [Signature #1642] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12384864?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:22:02 UTC 12384864 Miss Noleen Bannon [Signature #1641] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12367551?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:05:25 UTC 12367551 Ms Rachel Newbury [Signature #1640] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12344012?utm_medium=rss Please remember the fun in learning to read. Testing kids at age 5-6 is ridiculous - let them learn in a fun and encouraging environment.

]]> Fri, 9 Mar 2012 12:30:05 UTC 12344012 Ms Tricia Carroll [Signature #1639] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12343000?utm_medium=rss Young children are active, communicative, creative and imaginative; all essential prerequistes to later literacy proficiency. Our energies must be spent on supporting these characteristics in developmentally appropriate ways. Any time spent on formal instruction is at the expense of supporting children's engagement in vital holistic learning experiences at this critical stage of life. It also, paradoxically, risks damaging children's lifelong dispositions towards literacy and other learning.

]]> Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:03:14 UTC 12343000 miss Joanna Hinson [Signature #1638] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12339242?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Mar 2012 04:05:08 UTC 12339242 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1637] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12273162?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:38:04 UTC 12273162 Miss Chloe Pemble [Signature #1636] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12253118?utm_medium=rss I definitely feel phonics has an important place in teaching children to read. However, I feel that too much of an emphasis is placed on it and 6 year olds are much too young to be tested for anything! Especially using non-words! This will just confuse them further!

]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:21:48 UTC 12253118 Fergus Brett [Signature #1635] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12252917?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:14:44 UTC 12252917 Penelope Stanbridge [Signature #1634] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12250296?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:07:05 UTC 12250296 Miss Anonymous [Signature #1633] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12249179?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:21:30 UTC 12249179 Miss Sue Edgar [Signature #1632] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12248878?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:07:24 UTC 12248878 Miss Emily-Rose Marshall [Signature #1631] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12248805?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:49:23 UTC 12248805 Ms Lorraine Sheridan [Signature #1630] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12248321?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:48:58 UTC 12248321 Dr Daniel Bell [Signature #1629] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12247360?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:53:50 UTC 12247360 miss rebecca hoy [Signature #1628] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12247192?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:14:21 UTC 12247192 Miss Eleanor Trigg [Signature #1627] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12247157?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:08:06 UTC 12247157 Miss Natalie Sicroff [Signature #1626] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12245902?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:44:18 UTC 12245902 Miss Ruth Wainman [Signature #1625] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12244717?utm_medium=rss If I am to be convinced that testing 6 year olds actually contributes to their welfare (their welfare not our ministers welfare)
I will need to see rigorous empirical research evidencing the benefits.
The very nature of a test allows the person taking it the opportunity to fail. To allow a six year old to feel they can 'fail' at reading is a hateful crime and I as someone who has worked with boys with EBD, I know all to well what effects feeling like a failure can have on a small child.

]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:16:06 UTC 12244717 mrs Anonymous [Signature #1624] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12205718?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:20:44 UTC 12205718 miss louise roberton [Signature #1623] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12039028?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:13:32 UTC 12039028