Michael Morpurgo says exams have created ‘apartheid’ in schools

Writer warns that policy of constantly testing children is resulting in millions feeling excluded and alienated

Michael Morpurgo has said the policy of constantly testing children in schools has created an “apartheid system” that is destroying their self-confidence and resulting in feelings of shame and anxiety.

The children’s laureate, whose book War Horse is taught in primary and secondary schools, said exams had ensured “millions of our children still feel excluded and alienated” and that the world of books and education “was shut off from them for ever”.

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