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Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer. The SPAG test will be sat by pupils at the end of primary ...

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A back-to-basics test of grammar and punctuation for all 11-year-olds has been unveiled by Michael Gove in a drive to raise standards in primary schools. Up to 600,000 pupils a year, starting from ...

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The tests were called 'a waste of taxpayers' money' Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer. The SPAG ...