A controversial scheme under which secondary schools in England with
exam results below a minimum level face closure could be extended to
primaries according to some reports today.  According to the BBC ministers have yet to announce what the floor target will be, but the head of education at the National Union of Teachers, John Bangs, is among those who think, if it goes ahead, it is likely to be 65% of pupils attaining both English and maths at Level 4.

The Guardian however is reporting that a spokeswoman for the DCSF said speculation that the scheme was to be extended to primaries was "nonsense".  "We are not moving to a National Challenge for primary schools," she said.

As my friend put it today – ‘the government are having a larrrrf’