NASUWT: Key stage 2 results highlight the lie that education standards are falling

Commenting on the publication of the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Assessments, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said:

“Those who wish to claim the public education service is broken will feed a narrative of negativity around these results. The truth is that these results once again demonstrate considerable achievement and pupils and teachers should be congratulated on their hard work.

“These results do in fact serve to highlight the lie behind the constant claims that education standards are falling and children are leaving primary school unable to read, write or add up."

“The efforts of teachers and pupils are often overshadowed by the obsession with performance league tables which do nothing to raise standards. It is high time that our high-stakes, punitive accountability regime was reformed.”