Some parents in Cornwall are planning to keep their children at home today, in protest at new Standard Attainment Tests in primary schools.
The tests, for six and seven- year olds, are described by parents group, Let the Kids be Kids, as leaving little or no time for individual learning, topic work or creativity.
One Truro Mum said that while she agreed with the need for schools to be monitored, there was little to be gained by subjecting such young children to the stress of...
