One-fifth of primary teachers say their school was missing Sats marks on results day, new research suggests.
In a poll by Teacher Tapp, 20 per cent of the 1,334 primary teachers who responded reported they had papers with marks missing when results were published on Tuesday of this week.
Yesterday Tes revealed that school leaders’ union the NAHT was “deeply concerned” about the reports that key stage 2 Sats papers had gone missing.
On Tuesday heads criticised the “disgraceful” and “shambolic” wait for results as the primary assessment gateway outsourced by the Department for Education to Capita crashed.
But the frustration continued even after schools finally managed to access their results, with teachers taking to Twitter to express concerns over missing marks as well as results being attributed to the wrong pupils.
Sats marks missing or attributed to wrong pupils
Today’s survey results provide the first picture of the issues on a national scale.
According to the poll, problems were relatively consistent across the country with 21 per cent of teachers in London, the Midlands, the South East and the South West reporting missing Sats marks at their school.
The problem appeared to be less pronounced in the East of England, where 16 per cent of teachers said their school had experienced the issue.
Sats were taken this year for the first time in two years after being cancelled due to the pandemic.
The overall proportion of pupils who met the expected standard in all three areas of reading, writing and maths at age 11 was 59 per cent this year, a drop from 65 per cent in 2019.
Former schools minister Robin Walker called the results “disappointing but expected”.
