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£180,000 in wages for suspended Sats chief

28.04.09
The former head of the Government's schools testing agency, who resigned over the Sats fiasco, will be paid £180,000 for the six months following his suspension last year, it emerged... more

London's police: the verdict

28.04.09
Our poll on London's policing shows that by a narrow margin, the capital has a positive view of the police - but public satisfaction is moving in the wrong direction following the widely viewed collapse of bystander Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests... more

Balls ‘sexed up’ evidence to discredit me, says Sats head

22.04.09
The former exams watchdog has launched a devastating attack on Children’s Secretary Ed Balls over his handling of the Sats marking fiasco... more

Sats fiasco could be repeated next year, warns exam chief

31.12.08
Examiners warned the Schools Secretary Ed Balls that there is "no guarantee" pupils will get their Sats results on time next year... more

League tables for 14-year-olds abandoned after Sats fiasco

19.12.08
The Sats fiasco has forced ministers to abandon school league tables for 14-year-olds... more

Exams crisis as 200,000 call for re-marks

18.12.08
Record numbers of schools have sent their Sats papers back to be re-marked amid a dramatic loss of confidence in the exam system... more

Exam chiefs face heavy criticism over Sats fiasco

16.12.08
Government exam chiefs will be severely criticised in a damning report on the chaos that engulfed this year's Sats... more

New Sats fiasco looms over delay in finding firm to mark papers

15.12.08
Schools are facing another Sats fiasco as government exam chiefs struggle to find a company to run next year's tests... more

Schools minister gave his backing to 'risky' Sats marking system

23.07.08
Schools Secretary Ed Balls personally backed the crisis-hit new marking system for Sats despite admitting it was a "risk", the Standard can reveal... more

Sats firm's latest job... in charge of English tests for immigrants

21.07.08
The American firm behind the Sats blunders has been put in charge of tests for immigrants, it was revealed... more

New Sats results delay as MPs grill exam chief

15.07.08
Tens of thousands of families face a stressful wait for school test results as further details of the chaos that engulfed this year's Sats marking emerge... more

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