Want To Get Into A Top College? Better Crush The… With affirmative action outlawed, and use of SATs in decline, selective colleges are paying ever more attention to…
Sats attainment in English primary schools still… The academic attainment of primary schoolchildren in England remains significantly lower than before Covid,…
Primary school Sats paper that upset pupils used… A primary school Sats paper that reduced some pupils to tears included texts on a giant bat colony, which was…
UK schools minister promises to review Sats… The schools minister, Nick Gibb, has promised to review a controversial Sats paper, which is said to have left some…
Sats exams ‘designed to be challenging’, DfE… Ministers have said that tests for year 6 pupils in England are “designed to be challenging” after concerns from a…
Headteachers express concern over Sats amid… A headteachers’ union has expressed concern over this week’s Sats exams for 10- and 11-year-olds amid claims that…
Singapore caterer swaps prawns for chicken on… Singapore’s SATS said crustaceans that used to be available on certain flights are routinely being replaced by…
MPs and peers do worse than 10-year-olds in math… MPs and peers tasked with completing a year 6 Satss exam have scored lower results on average than the country’s…
Covid drives biggest Sats results gap since 2012… Children from deprived backgrounds in England lost the most learning due to Covid, according to tests that revealed…
Sats suggest Covid disruption affecting primary… The Covid pandemic and disruption has undone many of the improvements in primary school test results within the…