BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten June 4, 2024 21:16:00
They encourage children to aim high. 11—year—old aniah is letting off steam playing with her sister. her mum and others at the school say the reading test was tough. she came home and she struggled. she was upset and teary about it. it was more the reading, to be honest. she didn't expect it to be that hard. she's a really good reader. she enjoys reading. she has practised sats papers that she has done and she has found them ok. but this particular paper, she found really difficult. the tests are meant to measure the school's standards, not the pupils', but teachers say some children were ...