A leading voice in education has asked adults to see how they fare with tricky grammar questions that schoolchildren as young as 11 face. Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of ...

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 ...

SATs tests will be toughened up as part of reforms designed to ensure that every child gets a “solid grounding” in the basics before the start of secondary education, it was announced today. New ...