, H q^Thui-sday, July 24th, 2008 No. 6,364 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom
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ilXAMINERS have been lammed after; a serious blunder: eft'200 pupils a t a secondary chool without their , SATs esults. • •• . •
Mr Anthony McNamara, head- • /'. ■ ’ ■
eacher ^t St Augustine’s RC High Ichool^Billingtoh; says he feels
'badly; let down’t after, “bungling’’ ixaniiners recorded; the Year 9
)upils who sat the tests as absent. . P r i V a t e U S f i r m/ E d u c a to n a 1
rrainihg Testing Services ^T S ) von a five-year £165m; contract to, ieliver. the results for the National, Assessment Agency parto iualificatioiis and; Curriculum Authonty The error is being blamed m a data collection iKue. . Disappointed 14-year-old pupils
Frahcesca'Rigby and Gabrielle Davies'are:amohg those a t the school in Elker Lane, having to face
an anxious three-month wait before , there is any further news on their
maths and English results. ,‘Tm ’ disappointed,’! commented;
: Francesca. :"! have worked so hard , ■ and I have put a lot of effort into my studies over the year. My teachers, have been supportive and helped me
'prepare. .NoW:I’m going to have to , wait until next term to find out how rve;dGhe.’’;'-i-;'';'v, V:,:“ '.t ; - r i - • 'Also upset is Gabrielle who said: “I t makes you feel like it’s all been a
' waste, rhave worked so hard.’’.. ■ Ohliharesults'for SATs in Eng--
lish,- maths and science sat
by.the_
' 14-yearTblds (Key StagC 3) were" supposed to be available
earlier.this' •
' ' However, when staff at St Au^s- t in e ’s
deci.ded.bbidqwnlo^dthe
'results l ^ t Friday,'.they found rnore^. than 200 pupils had been mwked a s ,
■ ; absent for their rhaths exam.-In •_ addition; they only received the sci ence and half the English papers
leaving over 100 pupils without their English results.'
\ . Appalled by the iilaccuracy is Mr
'McNamara who said; “All the staff a t the sch'ool'really work hard to
- prepareexams and the pupils spend hours and hours revising.’We are
massively over-subscribed at the fki m i m r - .
HEADTEACHER Mr McNamara, - angry.ovcr . ‘bungling’ - examiners! ;.
Driver remains in intensive care
after car crash A 78-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe man remains in the Intensive Care Unit after a serious car crash over the. .weekend. ■. - . Mr Joseph Simpson was air-lifted
to Royal Blackburn Hospital a fte r, the Nissan Micra he was driving was in collision with a Land Rover Dis
covery.- . The incident-happened just after
12-30 p.m. on Saturday at the junc tion of Kmlico Road and the Pimlico Link Road. The purple Micra then crashed into the level crossing lights. Mr Simpson was trapped in his car
and suffered serious injuries. He was cut free from the wreckage by Lan cashire Fire and Rescue before being flown by air ambulance to hospital where his condition has been dekribed as “serious but stable” = - . S ^ Pete ScUlpher from Blackburn
Road Policing Unit is investigating the cbllision and appealing for wit nesses; He said: “I would appeal for anyone who saw the incident to coh-
tactus. •' ■
■ - • - ; < ; “At the moment we are still trying
to establish exactly what happened. I have ah^bdy spoken to ,a number of people who have been most helpful,
but anybrie with information should contact: Blackburn,police in 01254 51212.”
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