Fewer than one in 10 primary schools opted out of receiving key stage 1 SATs papers this year, renewing calls for the government to “put an end to this unnecessary cost and waste” from leaders.
A recent poll found that about 60 per cent of primary teachers expect their school to do the tests for year 2 pupils this year – suggesting many papers could just be thrown away.
The Standards and Testing Agency required schools to opt out of receiving the optional SATs materials for seven-year-olds, despite the tests becoming non-statutory this year.
Schools that did not want to receive physical papers had to opt out by mid-November.
