Heads, teachers, writers, poets, celebrities and academic experts are all against the SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) SATs exam taken by year 6 pupils aged 10 and 11.

The test reduces our living English language to a series of yes/no/fronted adverbial/subordinate clause/passive progressive tense-style questions and answers.

It kills love of learning– love of reading, writing stories, all the things children are eager to practise and enjoy – and leaves too many pupils with a sense of failure.

Everyone – heads, teachers, parents and children – agrees: it’s time to remove the SPAG exam.

Please include this measure in any reforms to primary assessment coming out of the Curriculum and Assessment Review.