A primary school praised by ministers as a model academy “over-aided” pupils in this year’s national tests, a government investigation has concluded.
Year 6 pupils at Harris Academy Philip Lane in Tottenham, north London, were given too much help in their English reading and maths reasoning Sats, according to the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).
As a result, pupils’ scores in those papers have been expunged and they will receive scores only for their spelling, punctuation and grammar tests.
In a letter sent to parents on Monday, the academy’s chair of governors, Susan Head, described the investigation findings as “deeply regrettable and disappointing”.
She said the findings were being taken “extremely seriously” and responsibility lay with the academy rather than pupils. She said the school was “determined to get to the bottom of what has happened”.
The school’s principal, Emma Penzer, wrote to parents before the summer holiday to tell them the Sats results would be delayed because of the investigation.
