I’m fed up with teachers: as parents we have a right to independent assessment of our children’s schools how else are we to know if a school’s performing is good or bad? How else do teachers propose we assess a school if Sats tests are abandoned?

Last night, Christine Blower, the general secretary of the NUT, said: “All of the arguments about getting rid of tests for 14-year-olds apply to 11-year-olds as well. We really think there is no point in testing every single 11-year-old in the country. Even if there is a will to change the league tables, it won’t happen unless you get rid of the tests. We’re saying we’re happy to do sampling and teaching assessments but get rid of tests in all three subjects at key stage 2″. Polly Curtis, The Guardian.

And there you have it teachers want to assess their own performance, I can’t see any poorly performing schools anymore, if we swallow this we’re living in cloud cuckoo land.