article_snippet.sent: Thousands of children who fail maths and English tests in primary school will be forced by the Tories to re-sit Thousands of children who fail maths and English tests in primary school to ensure Thousands of children who fail maths and English tests in primary school can read, write and add up.
article_snippet.sent: Thousands of children who fail maths and English tests in primary school will be forced by the Tories to re-sit Thousands of children who fail maths and English tests in primary school to ensure Thousands of children who fail maths and English tests in primary school can read, write and add up (file picture)
article_snippet.sent: Nicky Morgan, the Education Secretary, said: ‘Nicky Morgan, the Education Secretary know that the biggest predictor of success at GCSE is whether young people have mastered the basics at age 11.
article_snippet.sent: That means if we fail to get it right for young people at the start of secondary school
article_snippet.sent: young people’ll struggle for the rest of young people time in education.
article_snippet.sent: Under Labour one in three children left primary school unable to read, write and add up properly, thanks to our reforms and teachers’ hard work our’ve seen that fall just to one in five.
article_snippet.sent: That’s why the next Conservative Government will require schools to enter any child who doesn’t have the literacy and numeracy skills they need to succeed in secondary school, for new year seven resit tests that will guarantee they’ve caught up.
article_snippet.sent: Last night Tristram Hunt, Labour’s education spokesman, said:
article_snippet.sent: This is desperate attempt by the Tories to try to overshadow the Tories failures on school standards.
article_snippet.sent: ‘On the Tories watch, 1.6million pupils are being educated in schools that are rated lower than “good” by Ofsted.
article_snippet.sent: And as a result of David Cameron’s unqualified teachers policy, more than 400,000 pupils are being taught by unqualified teachers.
article_snippet.sent: Labour has a better plan for education.