A headteacher has slammed SATs as "useless" - and told anxious children to focus on climbing trees and playing football with their friends instead.
Chris Dyson, the head at Parklands Primary School in Seacroft, Leeds, was hailed by parents who agreed youngsters aged seven and eleven shouldn't be put under exam pressure.
SATs measure pupils’ academic ability in year two and year six but the government is under growing pressure to scrap them altogether.
