NASUWT comments on secondary school performance tables
Commenting on the publication of the secondary school achievement and attainment tables by the Department for Education (DfE) today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said:
“Predictably, the publication of the tables has provided yet another opportunity for another round of teacher bashing by the Government.
“Educational standards have been rising consistently for over a decade.
“Everyone recognises that there is more to be done to achieve the best for every child.
“Schools and staff need support and resources, not constant denigration, to do this.
“Performance tables do not help to raise standards. If there is, as the Government claims, ‘gaming’ in the system, where pupils are pushed towards certain subjects, then it is the league tables in a high-stakes accountability system which drives this.
“The Minister has displayed his irritation with ‘gaming’ and has identified that league tables drive this, so how will creating more league tables solve the problem?”
