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Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer. The SPAG test will be sat by pupils at the end of primary ...

Commenting on the SPAG test, conducted for the first time tomorrow (14 May), Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said: “The culture of ...

Teachers are threatening a national boycott of new primary school literacy exams amid claims they will damage children’s education by forcing them to "jump through hoops". By Graeme Paton 01 April ...

A back-to-basics test of grammar and punctuation for all 11-year-olds has been unveiled by Michael Gove in a drive to raise standards in primary schools. Up to 600,000 pupils a year, starting from ...

SATs tests will be toughened up as part of reforms designed to ensure that every child gets a “solid grounding” in the basics before the start of secondary education, it was announced today. New ...

A-levels and GCSEs are to be toughened up with fewer but harder exams and a crackdown on poor ­grammar and spelling under sweeping reforms being unveiled next week. In a five-year blueprint for ...

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Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from local government and international agencies to conduct research in the areas of teacher standards, spelling, literacy ...

The tests were called 'a waste of taxpayers' money' Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer. The SPAG ...