A MUM whose son has failed ALL of his SATs exams has vented that the tests are a “massive waste of time”.
Taking to Mumsnet, the woman, known only by the username ‘Anotherdayanotherusername’, revealed that her youngster’s results didn’t come as a “shock” as he is “very dyslexic”.
She said her child is “far from stupid” as he is “sporty and creative”, and she believes the test results “will not affect him in high school or life”.
She wrote on the parenting forum: “AIBU [Am I being unreasonable] to think these tests are a massive waste of time & to wish the school could’ve spent year 6 teaching them instead of doing endless mock tests?”
She added: “He attends a high achieving school so is just one of a handful that ‘failed’ and I can’t help but be irritated by all the FB [Facebook] posts from other school mums chuffed to bits that their kids passed.
"His best friend is getting a hamster for passing.”
Some parents agreed with the mum.
‘MrGrumpy01’ commented: “No Yanbu [you are not being unreasonable]. Your son did his best and that is all can be asked. He did his best when he finds learning so difficult.”
‘SureIusedtobetaller’ said the mum is “completely right” and her child will “benefit from his supportive parents”. She added that the tests are “ridiculously hard”.
‘Waffilyversati1e’ wrote that “there are more important things”, while ‘bigbuttons’ commented that “the tests are absolute s*** and a huge waste of time”.
But not everyone sided with the frustrated mum.
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‘ThroughThickAndThin01’ commented: “Yabu [You are being unreasonable] in belittling people who do think it’s important to them.”
‘Penggwn’ wrote: “If 11 is so young that these results don’t matter, is it not also too young to be impressing on him that he will never succeed academically?… They [exams] are going to be very important when he wants to go to college or do an apprenticeship.”
‘Everytimeref’ said: “He won’t have ‘failed’ but will be below age expectation.”
Mumsnet users have previously debated how old is too old when it comes to being naked around their kids.
They've also waded in on the “madness” surrounding a newborn baby registered as “gender unknown”.
What are SATs?
– SATs Papers (also known as SATs tests) are compulsory national tests that primary school pupils are required to take at the end of Year 2 (Key Stage 1 SATs) and at the end of Year 6 (Key Stage 2 SATs)
– Secondary school pupils take Key Stage 3 SATs at the end of Year 9
– The exams cover English, Maths, Reading and Science
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