TORY Schools Minister Nick Gibb finally bowed to mounting pressure today and promised to “look at” a Sats exam paper that was so difficult, it allegedly left some Year 6 pupils in tears.

Mr Gibb said he did not want assessments taken by 10 and 11-year-olds in England to be “too hard, as that is not their purpose.”

However, the Department for Education insisted last Friday that Sats, which are used to measure children’s English and maths skills in Year 2 and Year 6 and consist of six 45-minute papers, were “designed to be challenging.”