Can parents boycott SATS by refusing to allow their children to participate in them?

[conistonoldwoman]

Just curious...don't think I'd attempt something so radical although I regard this appalling system with absolute loathing.

Secondary modern schools were created under th Butler Education Act 1944 and existed in England and Wales until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System. Grammar Schools, Technical schools and Secondary Modern. They were replaced in the 70s by Community schools, High schools, Comprehensive schools etc.

We have a High School and a Grammar School-which are both grammars! The High is the girls grammar and the Grammar is the boys grammar!

I totally agree. State schools teach to test, without a doubt. When choosing a school we visited all that were withing a 20 mins drive and based it purely on how we felt and vibes from the teaching staff and word of mouth. I am aware many parents go by SATS scores but education is should be so much more than a set of results on a certain day, filled with anxiety so probably not even performing at their best.

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It wouldn't do much good. Plenty of the child's time will already have been wasted using class time to prepare.

The thread is five years old! And there are no SATs this year to boycott or prepare for

It wouldn't do much good for for the school and their performance stats, no.
Each to their own, mine personally don't participate in them.

There are no SATs were in the middle of a pandemic! The thread is 9 years old the OPs child will have left school by now.