League Tables For Five Year Olds

EDM number 1285 in 2010-12, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 17/01/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families and Schools.

That this House opposes the Government's proposal to begin publishing school league performance tables for England's five year olds on a school by school basis; believes that such an unprecedented development puts both young children and their teachers, parents and carers under unwarranted stress that is distinctly unhelpful, especially for children at such a tender age; further believes such tables to be divisive and unnecessary; and calls on the Government to abandon its plans to expose young children and their schools to the pressures of the league table system.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.