Year 8 pupils in England will have to sit reading tests at school under government plans due to be released this autumn, the BBC understands. The mandatory tests, first reported by Schools Week, would ...

The Government’s new reading test for year 8s will sit alongside new “diagnostic” maths and writing tests to help teachers identify gaps in learning, the Education Secretary has said. The final report ...

The Government has already announced the introduction of a statutory year 8 reading test New English and maths tests in year 8 proposed by the curriculum and assessment review should not be used to ...

School children are expected to be able to read, write and compare fractions, add and subtract decimals, solve linear equations, and find the perimeter and areas of shapes by the time they reach Year ...

New English and maths tests in year 8 proposed by the curriculum and assessment review should not be used to measure schools, the leader of the Government-commissioned review has said. The final ...

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