Some 400 staff at the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) are moving to new headquarters by next March, following a recommendation by a Government-commissioned report.
The
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority report comes after 1.2 million pupils' results were delayed after gaffes by ETS Europe in 2008.
The report, published last month, heaped blame on the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and its contractor ETS Europe.
Following the publication of Lord Sutherland of Houndwood's inquiry yesterday, the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) announced it was abolishing the NAA, its division responsible for delivering national curriculum tests.
But teaching unions expressed regret at his departure as chief executive of the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)."
THE head of the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, the Government body in charge of Sats school tests, has quit.
The
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has dissolved its five-year pounds 156mcontract with ETS Europe by "mutual consent", it was announced yesterday.
History was more "demanding" than geography at GCSE and ASlevel, while chemistry was the most difficult of the three sciences at all levels, the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority said.
The
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority said they would allow the company to develop courses up to the equivalent of A-level.
Working with the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and the Sector Skills Councils, the Royal Institute of Public Health offers awards at various levels within the National Qualifications Framework.
Pupils will be taught Mandarin Chinese because it is "an international language of commerce and industry", according to the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
August 1: British schools have been told by the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) that they no longer have to teach children right from wrong as a curriculum "core value." All references to Britain's cultural heritage will also be dropped from the core values section.