Primary

Four years ago, the New Zealand government set out to transform the way reading was taught in its schools. Holly Korbey reports on what happened next

The Standards and Testing Agency has made the paper sat by Year 6 pupils last week available ‘due to public interest in the tests’

Union leaders ‘disappointed and concerned’ that problems are emerging with the primary assessments again this year

A pilot mentoring project is due to get underway in Welsh primaries as the government comes under fire for failing to enter Welsh children in the Pirls literacy study

Our assessment of children’s reading skills is currently missing a crucial component, says Megan Dixon

Schools minister says 85 per cent of pupils had ‘enjoyed’ trials of a Sats reading paper that left children ‘broken’ last week

Policy first announced in 2020 to provide free breakfasts in primary and special schools must be enacted this year, says charity

Teachers’ concerns are ‘deeply worrying’ after last year’s Sats marking failures, says union

This week pupils took a reading test that led to school leaders calling for testing reform – but what was the problem with the paper? Tes investigates the numbers behind the words

Department for Education says Sats tests are ‘designed to be challenging’ and to ‘stretch’ even the most capable amid concern over reading paper

New research reveals a fifth of families with children under six are living in conditions that negatively impact education attainment and health

Even school staff were left ‘struggling to understand the questions’ in yesterday’s key stage 2 Sats reading paper, warns the NAHT