The Government has defended “challenging” tests for Year 6 students in England after a paper in this week’s Sats exams reduced some pupils to tears.
Hundreds of parents and teachers have complained online that Wednesday’s reading exam for 10 and 11-year-olds was too difficult and a head teachers’ union said staff also struggled “to understand the questions”.
But on Friday the Department for Education (DfE) said “the tests are designed to be challenging”.
