Sats fiasco body scrapped

16.23 Tue Dec 16 2008
The body responsible for delivering the Sats tests is to be abolished following this summer's marking fiasco.

Exams regulator approves 181 GCSEs

09.55 Fri Aug 29 2008
England's new exams regulator Ofqual has approved 181 GCSEs covering 60 different subjects for teaching from 2009.

ETS dumped over Sats fiasco

19.29 Fri Aug 15 2008
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority is dissolving its five-year contract with Sats marker ETS Europe with immediate effect.

A level students achieve record results

A level successes
23.49 Thu Aug 14 2008
A level students achieved record results this year as the national pass rate soared above 97 per cent for the first time.

Youngsters struggling with literacy

15.27 Tue Aug 12 2008
Almost one in three 14-year-olds are failing to reach the standards expected of their age group in reading, Sats results have shown.

Sats row continues as results released

Key stage 2 results released
19.32 Tue Aug 05 2008
The proportion of 11-year-olds in England reaching the standard expected of them in maths and English has risen by 1 per cent this year.

Dyslexic student seeks end to multiple choice

hospital operation
11.46 Tue Jul 29 2008
A medical student who suffers from dyslexia is to take legal action to stop the use of multiple choice exams

Head condemns 'abysmal' Sats marking

Janis Burdin
22.35 Thu Jul 17 2008
Marking of national curriculum tests has been condemned as "abysmal" and "erratic" by a primary school head.

Sats results released at last

12.00 Tue Jul 15 2008
Primary schools across England have finally received national test results for 11-year-olds.

Answers printed on GCSE exam papers

12.27 Thu May 22 2008
Pupils sat GCSE exams with some of the answers printed on the papers, it has emerged.

Independent regulator to oversee exams

Exam hall
14.18 Wed Sep 26 2007
An independent regulator is to oversee school exams to end accusations of "dumbing down", the Government has announced.

Online marking causes 'wrong exam grades'

Students taking exams
14.11 Sat Sep 22 2007
An increase in the use of an online marking scheme is the cause of the rising number of inaccurate exam grades, a teaching union said.

Calls for exam shake-up

15.30 Sun Jun 10 2007
A teaching union has backed calls for a massive overhaul of testing in schools for under-16s.

Exams system under fire over grades

06.29 Fri Mar 16 2007
The GCSE exam system is under fire again after thousands of teenagers were given the wrong grade.