http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-school-league-tables-for-five-year-olds.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:20 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19436207?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Nov 2015 04:03:49 UTC 19436207 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15382354?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:11:11 UTC 15382354 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13917003?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:56:32 UTC 13917003 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13252645?utm_medium=rss 5 year olds are still like babies. Stop trying to turn our children into mini adults too early. No wonder we are failing at everything in the UK with the sabotage of our children's childhoods. Indoctrinated at such tender age with, academic pressures, when children develop at different stages at this age as well as too much tv, media, video games, computers, cell phones, inappropriate advertising ect the list goes on.

]]> Thu, 5 Jul 2012 04:47:17 UTC 13252645 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11971980?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:47:23 UTC 11971980 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11354881?utm_medium=rss League tables! Ludicrous! Have those in authority (mildly amusing if not so potentially dangerous) carried out any research into the higher results achieved by our European counterparts, neurological scientists, childcare psychologists and early years experts. Please God tell me where is the sense in the thinking of these English bureaucratic fools.

]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:35:56 UTC 11354881 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11128669?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2011 04:31:50 UTC 11128669 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10963349?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Aug 2011 04:22:11 UTC 10963349 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646473?utm_medium=rss I have worked in a school environment for a short period of time whilt studying Early Years at Nottngham Trent, however, this is all it took to realise that children's interests can die out if they are forced to do something. Children are very clever, they build up their views extremely quickly and being unable to do something that is required from them will leave damaging consequences.

]]> Thu, 9 Jun 2011 04:42:19 UTC 10646473 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10597934?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:48:58 UTC 10597934 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10258524?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:09:16 UTC 10258524 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10132526?utm_medium=rss Don't we assess children enough! The parents see these and the next teacher. They tend to forget some of their learning over the holiday in every year group. We have IEP's to highlight those in need and we also share and provide for those children that exceed the goals. Parents want their children to be happy, challenged and nurtured in Nursery and Reception.

]]> Fri, 1 Apr 2011 01:14:17 UTC 10132526 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10098300?utm_medium=rss I would rather you measure my 5 year old's Happiness than his ability to read. He will learn to read if he is happy - but you can't win back happiness.

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:40:14 UTC 10098300 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10085182?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:05:13 UTC 10085182 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10057524?utm_medium=rss too much pressure is put on children nowadays and 5yrs old is ridiculus, how do you measure how well a child is going to do at 5 to predict what level they'll be at. they can bearly decide what to have for brekfast for peats sake and that's becoming more difficult for them . let kids be kids

]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:45:58 UTC 10057524 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10031713?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Mar 2011 05:00:30 UTC 10031713 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9997630?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:44:59 UTC 9997630 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9935326?utm_medium=rss I am a teacher and wholeheartedly agree with the damage this sort of pressure does to young people - its bad enough that targets exists at this age.

]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:12:18 UTC 9935326 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9844251?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 01:57:03 UTC 9844251 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9843015?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 10:50:01 UTC 9843015 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9804111?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 01:35:25 UTC 9804111 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9802682?utm_medium=rss What an absolutely ridiculous notion. Does this Government not recognised the pressures children are under. Its already been proven time after time that children feel depressed and under too much pressure at school with exams and targets at the ages of 11+ , so why on earth do they feel the need to put the pressure on children and schools at the age of 5 ??

]]> Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:32:43 UTC 9802682 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9801821?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:44:30 UTC 9801821 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9801508?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 07:55:59 UTC 9801508 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9801459?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 07:47:19 UTC 9801459 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9800259?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:50:30 UTC 9800259 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9793437?utm_medium=rss This is just another political tool to collect meaningless data for government league tables and paranoid middle-class parents. We all know children need lots of opportunities to play and talk with others in order to build up their oral vocabulary and emotional competencies before beginning to read or write. If you like tables - Look at Finland rated top in PISA scores - they got rid of SATs, and children spend less time in the classroom and learn in a relaxed and informal environment.

]]> Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:55:14 UTC 9793437 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9786131?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:07:02 UTC 9786131 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9784216?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:47:21 UTC 9784216 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9783249?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:03:12 UTC 9783249 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9780594?utm_medium=rss Focus on child development

]]> Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:23:02 UTC 9780594 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9778587?utm_medium=rss This is all detrimental to healthy child development, children have too much pressure, why can't we let them have a happy childhood it's all part of making children grow up too quickly.

]]> Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:53:28 UTC 9778587 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9776530?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:15:01 UTC 9776530 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9776143?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:24:13 UTC 9776143 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9774306?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:54:32 UTC 9774306 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9774228?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:40:23 UTC 9774228 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9774009?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:07:33 UTC 9774009 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9773341?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:24:51 UTC 9773341 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9773186?utm_medium=rss surely there's plenty of time for exams! let kids be kids, you only get one chance at it!

]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:05:03 UTC 9773186 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9771692?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:51:53 UTC 9771692 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9771422?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:27:36 UTC 9771422 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9770092?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:39:28 UTC 9770092 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9770049?utm_medium=rss Stop *all* school league tables!

]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:33:21 UTC 9770049 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9768814?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:05:20 UTC 9768814 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9768641?utm_medium=rss League tables are an ignorant and foolish attempt to 'divide and rule', setting parent against parent; they take no account of prevailing social factors. To implement them for primary school children, the parents of whom are more likely to move house and change schools anyway, rendering statistics meaningless, is patently absurd.

]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:44:16 UTC 9768641 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9768512?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:28:39 UTC 9768512 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9768080?utm_medium=rss This idea flys in the face of all good quality research I can think of and does nothing but satisy a political ideology.

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]]> Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:17:22 UTC 9762418 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9762363?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:12:04 UTC 9762363 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9761585?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:37:40 UTC 9761585 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9760962?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:32:31 UTC 9760962 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9760582?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:56:40 UTC 9760582 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9760528?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:50:32 UTC 9760528 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9760512?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:49:03 UTC 9760512 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9759943?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:54:47 UTC 9759943 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9750809?utm_medium=rss Treat our young children like 5 year olds in most other civilised countries

]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:15:35 UTC 9750809 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9744851?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:56:39 UTC 9744851 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9729019?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:49:36 UTC 9729019 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9720862?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:12:52 UTC 9720862 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9713673?utm_medium=rss Children in this country already start formal schooling far too early. Some children I will send to school in September full time this year will be just 4 in the August. Why is this country so concerned about getting our youngest children to jump through hoops to prove teachers ability to teach them to read and write, for which they may not be ready and this can lead to them to be put off learning for life. These young children need to feel safe, secure and happy before being ready to learn.

]]> Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:28:25 UTC 9713673 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9708281?utm_medium=rss I am an early childhood educator in the U.S. I have been impacted first-hand the repercussions of standardization and high-stakes testing having worked in a classroom with three, four, and five year old children for several years. This approach to education places too many limitations on a teacher and children lose out on incredible learning opportunities. I urge you to prioritize and value holistic educational experiences, not those driven by assessments.

]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:22:54 UTC 9708281 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9699674?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:36:57 UTC 9699674 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9695588?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:56:33 UTC 9695588 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9687678?utm_medium=rss This would be a big mistake and lead to children becoming perceived negetively at even earlier ages. It will result in increased disaffection and low level disruption in classrooms as the curriculum narrows earlier and teachers are put under pressure to produce target based results.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:36:46 UTC 9687678 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9658032?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:27:17 UTC 9658032 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9656233?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:52:12 UTC 9656233 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9655824?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:13:28 UTC 9655824 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9650519?utm_medium=rss The pressure to achieve set targets by the age of 5 will have detrimental affects on a child's learning disposition. The EYFS is underpinned by play but league tables will push professionals to move to more formal methods of teaching to ensure children meet the required targets to ensure their school are not seen as failing. This will not benefit children. Children will be recipients of knowledge rather than co-constructors and therefore viewed by government as incapable of learning from birth.

]]> Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:11:07 UTC 9650519 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9646271?utm_medium=rss Children learn best through play. Play can be carefully constructed to lead children towards the skills needed for reading and writing. At preschool age learning to socialise, listen communicate verbally in the nursery/playschool session are vital. Experiences provide should be as varied as possible.

]]> Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:21:59 UTC 9646271 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9643859?utm_medium=rss Ive been a childminder for almost 3 years and find having to write up what children can and cannot do a waste of time - mainly because all they want to do is play when they come home from school. The schools already write what they can and cannot do at a perticular developmental stage - its fair as they have them 90% of the day and whats the point in doubleing it up???

]]> Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:31:08 UTC 9643859 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9634336?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Feb 2011 02:51:16 UTC 9634336 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9631983?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:41:59 UTC 9631983 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9630504?utm_medium=rss League tables would not interest me as a parent, and I believe children should be learning through play and meaningful activities. Allowing them to learn and develop skills at thier own pace. Extend the foundation years to 7.

]]> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:17:54 UTC 9630504 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9622878?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:14:57 UTC 9622878 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9616630?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:16:47 UTC 9616630 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9614924?utm_medium=rss Our children are already disadvantaged by being forced into formal education before they are sufficiently mature to cope. Introducing league tables will just intensify the pressure and make the situation worse.

]]> Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:36:56 UTC 9614924 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9613738?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:20:27 UTC 9613738 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9610633?utm_medium=rss Please take into account this view.

]]> Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:08:15 UTC 9610633 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9604212?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:44:52 UTC 9604212 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9582696?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Feb 2011 07:42:07 UTC 9582696 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9580777?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Feb 2011 05:02:12 UTC 9580777 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9570678?utm_medium=rss Leauge tables for young children is wrong and will take the fun out of learning that is so important at a young age.

]]> Tue, 8 Feb 2011 10:40:31 UTC 9570678 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9570464?utm_medium=rss I am astonished at this proposal. As Head for 15 years I have witnessed many government initiatives that have damaged the quality of education in this country, but this would be the worst. Such a move would do to FS what KS2 SATs have done to Y6 - drain the joy from teaching and learning!

]]> Tue, 8 Feb 2011 10:23:34 UTC 9570464 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9569092?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Feb 2011 08:37:50 UTC 9569092 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9568523?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Feb 2011 07:56:52 UTC 9568523 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9568100?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Feb 2011 07:31:41 UTC 9568100 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9568086?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Feb 2011 07:30:51 UTC 9568086 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9568011?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Feb 2011 07:26:50 UTC 9568011 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9556500?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Feb 2011 01:26:10 UTC 9556500 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9552425?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Feb 2011 08:32:37 UTC 9552425 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9551944?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Feb 2011 08:08:32 UTC 9551944 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9550352?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Feb 2011 06:59:43 UTC 9550352 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9546737?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Feb 2011 04:25:12 UTC 9546737 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9535581?utm_medium=rss This proposal will inevitably put pressure on young children, their teachers and schools and their familiies. It will show nothing of their learning journey so far nor indicate their potential.

]]> Sun, 6 Feb 2011 11:13:08 UTC 9535581 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9522432?utm_medium=rss I absolutely agree that children should be allowed to develop at their own pace. Having worked in early years education, I know that a child needs many things in order to flourish and learn, but pressure to conform to targets is not one of them! At this age the range of abilities in children are so different that it seems ridiculous to judge them and put them in tables. And again we are labelling our children as failures from the very start of their educational lives.

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