Primary schools have been criticised for throwing “end of Sats” celebrations for classes who have finished their national curriculum tests.
The magazine Schools Week reported a number of events at which year 6 children let off steam with teachers.
There was an hour of karaoke, music and celebratory snacks on paper plates at Stubbins primary school in Ramsbottom, Lancashire, with a trip on a steam railway the next day. It was a nice way for children to relax after a “very stressful week for them”, a teacher said.
Parties were also thrown at St John the Baptist Catholic primary school in Camborne, Cornwall and Cockfield primary school near Bishop Auckland.
To some experts they are another symptom of hype being added to tests that are