Schools that took part in the trial have been told to send in the data, which the DfE says will be used to set standards for seven-year-olds.
Teaching unions have slammed the idea. They had previously welcomed the Government’s decision to axe the spelling test, which all Year 2 pupils had been due to take, after it was discovered that it had been posted online several months ago by mistake.
Meanwhile, thousands of parents are keeping their Year 2 children at home today, in protest against the standard assessment tests (SATs), which they are threatening to boycott.
Ten days ago, it emerged that a teacher at a school taking part in the trial had discovered that the spelling paper all Year 2 children in England are due to take this month had been accidentally published as a practice paper by the Standards and Testing Agency.
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