How do you score in a test aimed at 10-11 yr olds?

Yes, I am a teacher.

The reading test was what got parents and teachers up in arms. Of the three exams, that got the lowest 'pass' rate at 66%. The questions were, so I'm told, more difficult to understand than the actual passage which GS said he rather liked, though he didn't get to the end of the questions.

Fortunately, I got a 100% but then I am a retired English teacher,..secondary school level. However, I agree that this seems excessive emphasis on the mechanics of the language. You do need a grasp of some grammar in order to understand correct usage and, as another poster pointed out, explanations of your errors, but some of the concepts tested here seem rather peripheral and are probably best consolidated through reading and writing. Enjoying using and exploring language is important too.

Really badly!!

80%. Luckily I had come across "determiners" since starting to learn German recently, otherwise that would have stumped me. We did do quite a lot of grammar at school in the 40s/50s.
I didn't even look at the maths test. I have absolutely no interest in the subject.

I see the Department of Education is disappointed in this year's results. I wonder if they realise that many of the children will have been like me and guessed a lot of the answers. The number of questions they actually knew the correct answers to would have been even less.

DGD (7) has just recited some of her maths games and sayings for me.
I got lost after the first few words

However, I did get a good mark for Maths in my exams.

I passed!!!