As I am sure you will be aware the Schools Minster (Nick Gibb) has issued the following statement:
“To remove any uncertainty and clarify the situation for schools, I have decided that we will remove the requirement on them to administer the Key Stage 1 grammar, punctuation and spelling test for this year only.”
He said that no other test papers for Key Stage 1 pupils appeared to have been affected.
The schools minister also announced there would be a “root and branch inquiry” into the Standards and Testing Agency, an agency of the Department for Education that sets tests.
The tests that Crayke pupils completed this week will be used to inform teacher assessment.
