The SATs week has come to a close for Year 6 pupils, but things have run far from smoothly.
With many professionals and parents already criticising the tests for 10 and 11 year olds, one headteacher's account of how much Wednesday's English paper affected her pupils has added fuel to the fire.
Kerry Forrester, head of Tarporley C of E Primary School in Tarporley, Cheshire, said youngsters were in tears over the reading test, which many have said was much harder than in previous years.
