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Eight-year-olds to take new ‘unnecessary and expensive’ times tables exam
Teachers' union NEU says the tests will tell teachers nothing new about their students
THOUSANDS of primary school children are to take a new times tables test this spring, ministers will confirm today.
The Department for Education will trial its multiplication check for eight and nine-year-olds in England this spring, ahead of a roll-out over the next two years.
It announced the plans last autumn after a review of primary school assessment.
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