Click on the links below to find past campaigning materials

SATs and League Tables

LATE's statement about KS3 SATs (29.11.03). Read the list of signatories

Letter from NATE Vice-Chair about 2003 SATs

"I failed the test set on my own book"

The May 2003 SATs - What Teachers Think

SATs Boycott Letter (12.3.03) LATE's letter to every Head of English in London urging them to write to the NUT and NATE to press for a boycott

Authors Against the SATs Read the statement by over 80 authors and illustrators condemning the SATs

Two critiques of the sample KS3 English SATs are available: Initial comments from the NATE 9 - 14 Committee and an analysis by Keith Davidson, member of NATE council.

Phil Willis' speech to North of England Conference (8.1.03)

Letter to NUT re.The New KS3 English SATs: (31.1.03) LATE's letter to the NUT asking for a boycott following our meeting on Wednesday 29th January 2003 at Friends Meeting House

The Hertfordshire NUT SATs Campaign

NATE Press Release (26th November 2002)

LATE Conference Statement (30th November 2002)

Research Shows Testing Demotivates Pupils

QCA English 21

LATE response
Details of the consultation are on QCA website
Read the following articles that have been submitted to us as part of the debate about the future of English teaching:
The Future of English - The Institute English Group
Thinking Out of the SATs Box: Assessment through Talk - Valerie Coultas
Learning for life dies in Y6 - Martin Tibbetts
Communication at Intermediate level - The English Reform Group

KS3 Literacy

Press Release (14.05.01)

NATE statement (January 2002)

For examples of KS3 schemes of work try the Redbridge literacy team's website at redbridgeschools.net/literacy

14- 19 Curriculum

LATE's response to the Government's consultation paper on the 14 - 19 curriculum.