Children 'distraught' after reading Year 6 Sats paper
Parents and teachers of Year 6 pupils say a Sats reading paper was so difficult it left children in tears.A head teachers' union said even staff had struggled to understand the questions, and it would be raising concerns about the paper.Some parents said on social media that their children were "distraught" after the paper, which is part of a series of national curriculum tests known as Sats.after her primary school pupils were left "broken".
"It kind of feels like they're being taught how to pass the test, as opposed to being taught, and then the test is an addition," she said. "Members have told us that the choice of texts was not accessible for the wide range of experiences and backgrounds children have and the difficulty was beyond previous tests, leaving children upset and with even staff struggling to understand the questions," she said.
She said that children who do not meet expected standards in results this year "will take this demotivating label with them into their secondary schools".
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