Last year’s key stage 2 SATs reading test was harder than those set in recent years, but Ofqual found “no evidence” that it “failed to meet its stated purpose”.
The exams regulator has published analysis of the test, which last year prompted complaints from parents and teachers that it left pupils in tears.
Nick Gibb, the then schools minister, insisted at the time that he was “confident the test was set to an appropriate level of difficulty”.
The results of the analysis have been published as part of Ofqual’s national assessments regulation annual report for 2023.
