article_snippet.sent: The PM wants to see children who get poor Sats results  forced to resit children who get poor Sats results   in secondary school .
article_snippet.sent: Pupils who did not get good grades in the Sats tests taken by 11-year-olds in primary school would have to retake a test during Pupils who did not get good grades in the Sats tests taken by 11-year-olds in primary school first year after moving up to secondary school.
article_snippet.sent: In last year's tests, 79 per cent of pupils achieved the expected grades in reading, writing and maths.
article_snippet.sent: Children would be forced to retake a test in maths and English, marked by teachers rather than external examiners.
article_snippet.sent: There could be up to two retakes, in the spring or summer terms, and the number of pupils who had failed the retakes would be published as part of the league table data.
article_snippet.sent: Pupils with special needs would not have to take the resits.
article_snippet.sent: Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders union, warned the tests could become a bureaucratic nightmare.
article_snippet.sent: Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders union said: 'It is important that the results of the tests are diagnostic and used to support the work of the teachers and do not become yet another performance indicator on which to measure schools.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Pupils who get poor SATs will be forced to resit Pupils who get poor SATs in secondary school .
  