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Are your children just being taught to pass tests?

One-in-five Kent primaries are failing to achieve minimum standards in English and maths but what we are hearing this morning from experts and parents is that there is too much focus on SATs. Do you agree? What is your child learning at school? Are you happy with their progress?

If you have a child in year six in primary or year nine in secondary school, what are they doing at the moment - have they spent weeks - maybe even months practising for their SATs?

Surely SATs should be a realistic evaluation of how good the teaching is? Have you been caught up in SATs hysteria? Are you buying the practise books? Is your child feeling the pressure?

Yesterday we had one of our busiest phone-in's ever. We asked the question "do we really need care homes, or should we all be looking after our loved ones at home".

Kent County Council has to make massive savings in its care budget. The biggest chunk of money currently goes on care homes and nursing homes - 拢162m a year. The council is clear that it wants fewer people to end up in a care home and it wants more of us to be looked after. Is that realistic?

What was quite obvious from our calls yesterday is that carers need help. Today, we speak to Lorraine Williamson and Irene Jeffrey from the carers charity Crossroads Care.

We hear your views and stories.