PARENTS with children at a York primary school under investigation for the way its SATS tests were run are still waiting to know how their children did in the exams.

Earlier this month The Press reported how investigators from the examinations monitoring board, the Qualification Curriculum Development Agency (QDCA) were at Haxby Road School in York following complaints over the Year Six tests which took place in May.

A spokesman for the agency said that an investigation was being carried out into an allegation of maladministration relating to the SATs examinations.

The hope was that parents of the 18 ten and 11-year-olds in Year Six would get their children’s results by the end of the summer term yesterday, but the Department of Education has said this will not happen until the investigation has concluded.

Coun Ruth Potter, City of York Council’s cabinet member for education, children and young people’s services, said: “I understand if people want to know their children’s results and I do sympathise that they are having to wait longer than they would ordinarily, but we are in the hands of the investigators. While the investigation is ongoing all we can do is await its outcome.”

The SATs tests results are usually available before children leave primary school in July.

Haxby Road School has about 178 pupils, including 18 ten and eleven-year-olds in Year Six who took their SATs in May.

The school’s head teacher, Mike Schofield, has declined to comment on the investigation.

The QCDA defines maladministration as “any act that could jeopardise the integrity, security or confidentiality of the tests, and lead to test results that do not reflect the unaided work of pupils”.

A spokesman for the Department of Education said: “We can confirm that an allegation of maladministration has been made that relates to the 2011 Key Stage 2 National Curriculum tests, and the investigation is still ongoing. It is not known as yet when it will be concluded.”