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 Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject: Head Teachers Vote Against SATS tests |
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Head teachers heading for a showdown kick School Secretary Ed Balls in the knackers.
Typical reaction of Government- Lets ignore the ones who know
| Quote: | Teachers back Sats boycott
Head teachers have defied Schools Secretary Ed Balls in voting overwhelming to ban primary school Sats next year.
The vote at the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) annual conference in Brighton was passed with 94 per cent of delegates in favour.
Sue Sayles, past-president of the NAHT, said: 'It's our moral duty personally, within our local branches and as a national association, to show Ed that we have balls.'
It comes after a last-ditch attempt by Mr Balls at the conference to try and persuade delegates not to go for a boycott.
He said: 'I know there are strong feelings here, I know you take very seriously your statutory duty, your role as role models for young people - you take very seriously your responsibility to do your best for children.
'But I have to say, I don't think the right thing, the responsible thing to do, is to boycott.'
It comes just weeks after the National Union of Teachers (NUT) passed an identical motion. Between the two unions they make up most of the teaching staff in England's primary schools.
Both unions have said that continuing the tests beyond this year is 'unacceptable.'
But the Government says the move is 'irresponsible' and insists that any industrial action would be unlawful.
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