Long Field children Ashleigh Keily and Dominic Potts, both year eight, were invited to give their opinions on being tested to a meeting of education chiefs.

Teacher Sajit Raithatha, who also made the trip said: "Both students gave an insight into how the current testing regime feels from a student's point of view. Dominic spoke quite poignantly regarding his birth date of August, 31, and his feelings about being tested alongside students who are up to a whole year older."

Long Field School has been part of a national pilot called Making Good Progress, which aims to set out the future of learning and assessment.

The audience included education bosses, MPs and members of the House of Lords.

The county pilot leader Pam Hatfield said: "Mr Raithatha was part of a panel which responded to questions from the Westminster audience. He and the students were the only representatives from a school so their views were held to be really important."




EDUCATION DEBATE: Long Field pupils Dominic Potts and Ashleigh Keily who spoke at the National Government Education Conference with teacher Sajit Raithatha PHOTO: SUPPLIED