Sats attainment in English primary schools still below pre-Covid levels
Proportion of children meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined matches 2022 figure of 59%
May 2023
Primary school Sats paper that upset pupils used text from New York Times
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Wednesday briefing: Are standardised tests failing children?
UK schools minister promises to review Sats paper that left pupils ‘in tears’
Sats are failing children – they should be scrapped
Sats exams ‘designed to be challenging’, DfE tells aggrieved parents and teachers
Headteachers express concern over Sats amid claims a paper left pupils ‘in tears’
December 2022
MPs and peers do worse than 10-year-olds in maths and English Sats
Campaigners seeking abolition of year 6 SATs staged event at which children invigilated tests on parliamentarians
October 2022
Post-pandemic test results fall sharply for youngest pupils in England
Disadvantaged children fall further behind peers as teachers and parents call on Truss to boost school funding
September 2022
Covid drives biggest Sats results gap since 2012 for poorest pupils in England
Deprived children fall further behind better-off peers as they lose most learning due to coronavirus
July 2022
Sats suggest Covid disruption affecting primary school attainment in England
Just 59% of 10- and 11-year-olds reach expected standards in literacy, writing and maths in this year’s assessment
October 2021
Snacks are the secret of success in exams
DfE considering return of Sats at 14 and axing teaching hours limits
September 2021
Primary Sats tests in England ‘do not appear to harm children’s wellbeing’
Researchers at University College London find little difference in wellbeing and happiness levels
March 2021
'A community of equals': the private school with no fees, set up by a south London teacher
Lucy Stephens was tired of ‘shoehorning’ pupils through tests. Her new school has no Sats, no behaviour policy – and an idea for a novel funding system
February 2021
Parents, don’t worry if your child knows more about grammar than you do
Debra Myhill
Good grammar lessons help children become better writers, says professor of education Debra Myhill
January 2021
School chaos deepens as Williamson fails to explain exam plan
GCSE, A-level and Sats exams to be scrapped in England this year
October 2020
Letter from a curious parent
Dear Gavin Williamson, claw back some respect by pausing Sats, league tables and Ofsted
Michael Rosen
'Plan B' for rigorous mock exams to avoid rerun of A-level fiasco
