As the dust settles on the first round of screening, one last task remains. The guidance for the tests says that parents must be informed of the outcome. This has created a dilemma for some headteachers. How do you tell a parent that although their child has only been at school for five and a half terms, they are a failure? I have heard responses which range from, “I’m just not doing it!” to, “They need to know, it might kick them into action!” Of course, the result of the test is often as much about the quality of the school’s provision as it is about the ability of the children and based upon the results that I know there are massive variations in results between schools in very similar contexts. This worries me because it suggests that the outcomes of the screening may be unreliable.
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