Confusion this week surrounded test results for hundreds of 11 year olds in Telford schools this week as they were caught up in a national fiasco over marking.
Key Stage 2 (SATs) results had been due for national publication on July 8 and after a week’s delay teachers were able to begin accessing them online.
But not all the results, such as maths, were available, and some schools were also unhappy with the scores pupils were given and asked for papers to be re-marked.
Now it could be September before all parents have full details of how well their children performed in the tests, whose marking was done by a hired American firm, ETS.
Stephen Burrell, Telford & Wrekin Council’s lead member for children and young people, said: “To our knowledge, no borough schools have had problems logging on to the relevant site, but once there, some have noticed that not all of their results are available, particularly maths.
“This is likely to be down to the fact that some schools’ papers were returned unmarked and have needed to be sent back to ETS Europe.
“Some schools have also made the decision to send their scripts back for re-marking.”
Councillor Burrell added: “We will continue to work closely with all of our schools to support them with any issues arising and will be keeping in touch with the National Assessment Agency regarding any further concerns that we are made aware of.”
