#ExamFactory schools are _particularly bad for SEND pupils. But they are bad for _all_ pupils. Great to join @sianberry.bsky.social getting the message out.

With the reminder that @greenparty.org.uk policy is to abolish SATs

Abandoning the arts in schools is a national scandal A narrow, exclusively exam-focused education in the UK damages young minds

Absolutely - we need #EducationForLife, a rich, full life, not #ExamFactory schools

www.ft.com/content/c096...

#ExamFactory schools, with rigid discipline, are damaging our young people. This has to stop. #SchoolsBill #wellbeing

Harlow school punishes pupils for scoring below 90% in maths A parent says the school's policy for top set students is "overtly cruel".

#ExamFactory schools - is it any wonder we have a #MentalHealth crisis?

Young people are not machines
www.bbc.com/news/article...

How Transcendent Thinking Boosts Teen Brains and Enhances Life A style of teaching that gets adolescents to reflect beyond the here and now may help their brain grow in ways that enhance life

What damage must our #ExamFactory schools be doing?

"Wide-ranging, emotionally powerful, reflective thinking—which we call transcendent because it soars beyond the moment—key brain networks activated and deactivated in complex, dynamic patterns"

www.scientificamerican.com/article/tran...

'National crisis' as children's reading enjoyment plummets to new low, report warns Education experts call on the government to establish a reading taskforce in an era when children are "more used to having a device".

If you have #ExamFactory schools, where teachers are forced to tech to the test, what is reading associated with? Not pleasure

news.sky.com/story/nation...