Bradley Dardis 🤖 (@bradleydardis.bsky.social)

After SATs: Why I Won’t Be Going Off Timetable There’s often a familiar pattern that emerges in many primary schools the moment Year 6 SATs are over. Often, in some schools the core curriculum gets packed away, and out come the cross-topic themes, five pound challenges, and sprawling projects that blur every subject into one. I’ve heard it called a “creative release”, “enrichment time”, and even “SATs detox”. But for me, I’ve never enjoyed them or quite seen the logic in pressing pause on structured learning at the exact moment children need it most. http://mrmict.com/2025/05/18/after-sats-why-i-wont-be-going-off-timetable/