'National rankings' for pupils
Primary school pupils could be ranked against their peers across the country under new plans being considered by ministers.
New primary baseline would 'doom pupils to failure'
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) criticised Nick Clegg's calls for an increased 'baseline assessment' at primary school level.
She said: "It is difficult to see how a 25% increase in the primary floor standard between 2010 and 2016 could be realistically achieved without wide-scale teaching to the test and other inappropriate drilling techniques.
"Given that approximately 20% of children have some form of special needs, this new target will doom many of them to 'failure'."
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