SATs exams claimed to have left Year 6 students in 'tears'

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A flood of complaints have been made by parents and teachers about the Year 6 SATs exams, after claims that a paper left some Year 6 pupils in "tears".

The schools minister, Nick Gibb, said he does not want the tests, which are taken by 10 and 11-year-olds in England, to be "too hard" as that is "not the purpose" of the assessment.

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Show us the exam papers so we can see the truth of it.

unionjackjackson

It's not meant to be easy, that's why it's called a test

scottwithe

I remember being put in the corner of a primary school room to face the corner because I couldn't spell 'Egypt' when I was six years old. Never had a problem spelling 'Egypt' since then.

amfearliathmor

I'm a Tutor, and I have a few SATs students. It didn't upset my students, but they did find it hard. I tried it myself and I found the first lot of questions challenging, but the other two texts were easier. I lost three marks across the three sections; two of them just errors, but one of them was because I had mistakenly thought the campsite was at the top of the hill, and I couldn't see it being in the valley where the text said it was.

I did really like the texts they chose this year, though. I really like the extract from "The Rise of Wolves", and I've bought the book with the intention of reading it through. The choice of texts in the SATs exam is usually very good, and it's one thing I'll miss when Labour abolish the SATs test in 2025.

LordSandwichII

No different from when I Did that exam Everyone acted the exact same way I'm 22 years old now And I can say with confidence I still won't pass Because of my learning difficulties And back then I received no help so what's the difference now?

josephlindsay

Are young learners fragile as it described? If there is always shortage of practice during the learning journey, only question the last year study and assessment would be too narrow-minded and useless. Study is journey, doing more practices in the process would gain young learners confidence too! If not, even adults will be nervous and panic with tears too.

irisren

better make the pass mark 10%, that ll sort it, or maybe a participation certificate

johncorlett

I think we all reach a level where it starts to get uncomfortable in an exam. I had trouble with Jacobian matrix and determinant for the solution of partial difference equations for antenna wave propagation exam questions when I was a teenager for example.

amfearliathmor

If they’re having trouble then the teachers are not teaching well enough

catnior

Sats matter that’s why schools want easier test, change to marks and no offsted reviews. Instead we should encourage competition and higher standards not lower.

henrywalker

आज हम बच्चों को कम्प्यूटर बनाना चाहते हैं परन्तु भूल जाते है संवेदना मनुष्य मे होती है कम्प्यूटर में नहीं ।शिक्षा ऐसी हो जो बच्चों को स्वय आगे बढ़ने में उनकी सहायता करे बच्चे कोमल होते हैं वो खेल में खेल करते ज्यादा सीखते हैं भारत की नई शिक्षा नीति 2020 इसी पर आधारित है जो बच्चों को बिना बोझ के सीखाती है एक बार टीचर को जरूर अवलोकन करना चाहिए

BaNDA-

It's a hard world out there with a tough crowd, best learnt earlier rather than later.

seedypr

Sats were easy but crona’s next year at the GCSE exam there was so much stress and unexpected low marking

Fly_high

My year 5 daughter did this and still managed to pass despite not completing the test within the hour. Needed an extra 10 minutes to complete. Achieved over 60% mark within time and 85% for full test complete in a little over an hour. This was not a difficult test for year 6 pupils.

NewsJunky

I'm sorry... they're taking SATs at this is it the same as the college SAT? Either way, this seems like an unreasonably sized test for their age.

iwantdetention