The chaos — which included the high - profile scrapping of the controversial spelling, punctuation and
grammar test after it was leaked online — prompted a special investigation by MPs, and Greening subsequently announced a series of changes to primary assessment in October, including a consultation.
Not exact matches
But parents will not receive their child's reports until mid-October
after a production error saw the national average placed in the wrong spot on the results for the language conventions
test in years 5 and 7, which
tests spelling,
grammar and punctuation.
The «root - and - branch» investigation was ordered by the schools minister Nick Gibb in April
after the government was forced to cancel this year's key stage 1 spelling, punctuation and
grammar test following the leak of the paper online.
The letter comes a week
after the government cancelled its spelling and
grammar tests for seven - year - olds,
after the BBC News website reported this year's
test paper had been accidentally published on a government website.
Rowsell - Shand was first spotted by the British Cycling Apprentice Programme
after being
tested at her school — Nonsuch high school, an all - girl's
grammar school, in Surrey.
Information released under the freedom of information act shows the Department for Education spent at least # 952,602 on developing the spelling, punctuation and
grammar (SPAG)
test for seven - year - olds, only to have to abandon the
test months later
after the paper was leaked online.
After the applicants have passed the first two
tests, they are asked to submit a custom writing sample, which is thoroughly checked for professionalism, writing style, language use,
grammar, spelling, readability, and originality.