Petition · past parliament
Ban SATS testing in primary schools
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
We would like SATS testing in primary schools to be abolished and replaced by incremental monitoring by teachers, in order to reduce stress on both pupils and staff and provide a more accurate means to measure educational achievement.
Primary school children should have the benefit of a wide education programme, without effectively being constrained by having to prepare for formal exams in Years 2 and 6. We feel that SATS cause unnecessary levels of stress in mainstream pupils, pupils with additional needs and teaching staff, leading to behavioural issues and school refusal.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for a similar action:
End SATs for primary school children
End SATs for primary school children
End SATs for primary school children
End SATs for primary school children
Timeline
| 4 Mar 2024 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Mar 2024 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Mar 2024
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.