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Overworked kids walk out in school strike
THOUSANDS of children across England went on “school strike” yesterday in protest against a series of “tough” tests imposed on six and seven-year-olds by the Tories.
The school boycott came after over 40,000 people signed a petition to end the Year 2 Sats, “overtesting” and “overworking” young children.
Behind the day’s events stood the Let Our Kids Be Kids campaign, founded by parents but supported by teachers and children’s authors Chris Riddell and Michael Rosen.
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