MPs and peers do worse than 10-year-olds in maths and English Sats

Under exam conditions, parliamentarians including Philip Hunt test their knowledge of fronted adverbials and long division. The tests, invigilated by year 6 pupils from Surrey Square primary school in London, were organised by campaign group More Than A Score. Photograph: Will Ireland/PinPep/REX/Shutterstock

MPs and peers tasked with completing a year 6 Sats exam have scored lower results on average than the country’s 10-year-olds.

MPs including Commons education select committee chair Robin Walker took part in the exams, invigilated by 11-year-olds, at a Westminster event organised by More Than A Score, who campaign for the tests to be scrapped.