A young boy burst into tears and branded himself 'stupid' and a 'failure' after sitting this week's 'incredibly difficult' SATs reading exam, his heartbroken mother has told MailOnline today.
Hundreds of parents and teachers have lodged complaints over the 'gruelling' test, which was said to leave 'even the most able pupils broken and in tears.'
It has prompted calls for the milestone examinations for kids aged 10 and 11 to be scrapped, with Labour MP Mary Kelly Foy insisting youngsters 'shouldn't have to go through this'.
Distraught mother Louise O'Meara, from Southampton, told MailOnline today how her son left school with his head down after the exam, before he began crying.
'He then went on to tell me that he was stupid and a failure,' she recalled. 'As I'm sure you can imagine, this was completely heartbreaking for me to hear.
