A primary school headteacher in Tarporley has written an open letter blasting the SATS exam which left her pupils in tears.
And Kerry Forrester, who wrote to her MP Edward Timpson, called for SATS tests to be scrapped.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is waiting for government guidance on primary school SATS because the bank holiday for the King’s coronation clashes with the first day of the national tests.
The Key Stage 2 tests, taken by 11-year-olds at schools across the country, are scheduled to take place from Monday May 8 to Thursday May 11 next year.
Staff and pupils at a tiny village school near Tarporley are celebrating top SATs results.
St Paul’s CE Primary School, in Utkinton, only has nine Year 6 pupils so data will not officially be published online.
School leaders across the Learning for Life Partnership (LFLP) in South Cheshire are celebrating strong SATs results.
Year 6 students from the Partnership – which includes Shavington and Wistaston – bucked the national trend, particularly in Reading, Writing and Maths.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A Cheshire East councillor has said it is “completely unfair” year six SATS are going ahead next year and asked whether the council plans to challenge it.
Cllr Laura Smith (Crewe South, Lab) told a meeting of the children and families committee she had an interest because she has a child in year six.
Nantwich and Crewe primary pupils have achieved an impressive set of Key Stage 2 SATs results across core subjects.
Cheshire East Council says provisional figures show 64% of pupils achieved the expected standard or higher for combined reading, writing and maths at the end of school year, which is the key measure used nationally.
Staff and students at Sound and District Primary School are celebrating after SATS results show they are the best in Nantwich.
Assessment of average point scores in SATS puts the village school first in Nantwich and among the best in the country.
Nantwich pupils have been given a helping hand during their SATs exams this week – by a local supermarket.
Rachel Lewis, community champion at Nantwich’s Morrisons store, has been visiting primary schools to give out free breakfasts.
Staff and students at Sound and District Primary are celebrating after SATS results put the school among the best in the country.
The school, on Whitchurch Road in Sound near Nantwich, is in the top 14% of all primary schools in Britain for all subjects.
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