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Little Aston Primary School, Staffordshire

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A second trip back to the cluster of schools around Little Aston School in Staffordshire.

I value head teacher, Liz Pearce’s approach: let’s get our children fired up and enjoying their writing, ahead of “a testing time” next week.

Having a chat with colleagues about the up-coming maths, English and science SATs next week, we all agreed that results often improve when we take the emphasis OFF preparing for tests. It means that we end up with a focus on quality teaching throughout the whole year. Continue Reading