Secondary Education: Admissions

(asked on 9th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools have confirmed they will not use SATS tests in their 2021 admissions criteria.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 14th December 2020

Only selective schools can take ability into account for the purposes of admissions. They are not required to inform the Department of the measures they use to assess ability. We are not aware of any schools which routinely use SATs to assess a child’s eligibility for admission.

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