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Are We Over-Testing 7-Year-Olds? The Enduring Debate Over SATs

Are We Over-Testing 7-Year-Olds? The Enduring Debate Over SATs

Every year, across the country, thousands of seven-year-olds are put through a process that causes significant, unnecessary stress for children, parents, and teachers: Key Stage 1 SATs. Historically, the month of May has been synonymous with intense anxiety in British primary schools. Children who only a few years prior were learning through play and free

The School Transport Postcode Lottery: Families Left Stranded

The School Transport Postcode Lottery: Families Left Stranded

Every weekday morning across England, an invisible barrier determines whether thousands of children can safely, reliably, and equitably access their education. In one town, a student steps onto a fully subsidised, local authority-funded school bus that delivers them directly to their school gates. Just three miles away – separated only by an arbitrary municipal boundary

GCSEs Without a School: The Extortionate Cost of Private Exam Centres

GCSEs Without a School: The Extortionate Cost of Private Exam Centres

When a family makes the difficult decision to home educate – often forced by a mainstream system failing to meet their child’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) – they are quickly introduced to the hidden financial penalty of alternative pathways: the private exam system. The UK education system is fundamentally built around schools. When

The Lunchbox Police: Should Schools Dictate What Children Eat?

The Lunchbox Police: Should Schools Dictate What Children Eat?

Imagine this scenario: a seven-year-old child opens their neatly packed lunchbox in a bustling school dining hall, looking forward to a small slice of homemade cake or a packet of crisps lovingly packed by their parent. Before they can take a bite, an adult stands over them, frowns, and removes the item. The child is

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