Primary school pupils should not have to sit ‘high-pressure’ tests – union

The NEU feels there should also be fewer summative GCSE and A-level exams (David Davies/PA) - (PA Wire)

Primary school pupils should not have to sit “high-pressure” tests and there should be fewer end-of-course GCSE and A-level exams, a teaching union has urged.

The National Education Union (NEU), the largest education union in the UK, has also called for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) – a government performance measure of schools which focuses on five subjects at GCSE – to be scrapped.