WHY is it that when the Primary School SATs results are published the BEN

has to give the schools a ranking order?

There is no doubt that this ranking provides no evidence of the relative quality of education provided by any school.

Indeed your accompanying article explains some of the problems inherent in the tables.

We should celebrate the general improvement in standards without pointing the finger at schools which you place at the bottom of the league.

If the staff at Johnson Fold are in a "demoralising position" it is the BEN that is causing them to be demoralised. They are also likely to be confused having been relocated by the BEN to Kearsley!

Charles Cooper

The Farm House

Tempest Court

Lostock

Bolton