SATS maladministration anomoly

[goodtoknow]

Greetings. I am currently struggling with a complaint logged with my DD's school governors as she was approached by the Head Teacher during her Maths test in May and intimidated to change her answer.This left her distressed and along with a number of other candidates feeling their test was not as it should be. I accessed the Govs, as I had been one previously long enough to know how serious it was.
Unfortunately after 7 months of trying to get them to accept ;yes the QCDA should be called in to stop any rumours of unfair results, yet I can't get them to acknowledge my main concern was my daughter's wellbeing not her results and the school needs to apologise. As DD had not changed her answer she got no help from the QCDA either!
Has anyone got any tips how to manouvre round these authorities to get a civil answer out of a school?

I'm not clear on exactly what you are hoping to gain from "a civil answer out of the school." Is it really going to make you or your DD feel any better, 7 months on?

Wouldn't it be better to hope for a pledge that it won't happen again? Although I would guess that your complaint has already shocked them into avoiding such a practice in the future.

Should it matter that your daughter had not changed her answer? Surely the issue is that the Head had told her to.

In my friend's daughter's 'outstanding' school, the TA stood near the L4 'borderlines' and helpfully told them what to write.

Your are so right Rosebud - the Sats results are a measure of cramming, teaching to the test and downright cheating so, Goodtoknow, don't worry about it... move on the whole system essentially stinks

I think you all get the anomoly : the governors only react when it alters the sats results or should I say league tables and not to the question of childwelfare. Part of the answer is to get reassurance that the children don't think cheating is ok.They get disqualified if they go down the same route later on.

Latest info : QCDA now Standards and Testing Agency and do nothing in terms of the conduct of invigilators. The school governors actually have no say whether a Head Teacher is out of line in a SATS test. In short,no-one is protecting our kids wellbeing once they start the tests.

What do you want to achieve, Good2know?
An apology for distressing your DD & giving her the impression that cheating might be ok? It just sounds like a huge battle on your plate when you would be better off looking forwards.