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To have a nation wide standard verbal and non verbal reasoning tests for year 6.

Closed 41 signatures

What the petition asks

I currently have a year six student and have applied for 6 high schools in 3 different boroughs of London. My daughter has had 3 different sittings of verbal and non verbal reasoning testing at different schools to band her for the schools entrance criteria.
Currently councils all have their own tests over the country. A standardised test for year 6 students that all councils can access through the high school application process would be a much better practise. Having 10 and 11 year olds put through testing up to 5 times over a period of 6 weeks is not healthy nor does it promote better learning.

Timeline

14 Dec 2015 Petition opened for signatures
14 Jun 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 41
Status Closed
Opened 14 Dec 2015
Closed 14 Jun 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.