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Wednesday 29 October 2003
Press Release
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Wednesday 29 October 2003
Press Release
Commenting on the announcement on league tables for 14 year olds, Doug McAvoy, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said:
“The Government’s decision to publish league tables of test results for 14 year olds is a slap in the face for secondary schools.
“Performance tables are a form of naming and shaming which the Government clearly wishes to encourage.
“All performance tables do is promote injustice by making it even harder for schools in the toughest areas to attract new pupils. Such schools may have good inspection reports but can never hope to top the results of schools in the leafy suburbs.
“The Government has ignored the evidence that performance tables damage schools; evidence that Governments in Wales and Scotland acted on by abolishing them a long time ago.”
E N D S pr.80/03
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