Deputy head 'told pupils about incorrect answers on Sats tests'

A deputy head teacher "gestured" to a "difficult cohort" of pupils over their incorrect answers during Sats tests, a report has said.

When one pupil asked Peter Hill for a rubber, he "said 'if I was you I would leave it' or words to that effect".

Mr Hill said the students in question were under "excessive and unrealistic" pressures due to mental health and behavioural challenges.

But a teaching said he was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.

The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) said Year 6 pupils at Belgrave St Peter's Primary School, in Leicester, were sitting English exams in May 2022 when Mr Hill told them he or someone else would point to incorrect answers.

During an unannounced visit to the school, which is part of the Rise multi-academy trust, the following day, an observer heard a pupil ask before a test: "Will we be doing that thing where there's pointing at the wrong answers":[]}