Woman's Hour - 27/01/2010

With Jenni Murray Does maternity matter? The government promised high quality maternity care across England by the end of 2009. Their Maternity Matters strategy guarantees all expectant mothers choices around how to access maternity care, the type of antenatal care, place of birth and post-natal care. Jenni finds out the extent to which these guarantees have been met. Brought up on Sydney's northern beaches, Australian Amy Dickson picked up the saxophone at the age of six, when her piano teacher suggested that she tried another instrument to build diversity. Her first saxophone was 'horrible, with about three notes that worked', but it was enough to get her hooked. Since her early days, Amy has gone on to win international awards, and has turned the saxophone from an instrument must commonly associated with jazz towards a more unusual classical repertoire. And in Winning Women's Votes - what's the best way of measuring progress in our schools? One teaching organisation has said that 'England's pupils are among the most frequently tested in the world, but tests in themselves do not raise standards.' So if we don't test children, what's the best way of assessing how much progress they're making?