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Ofqual chief steps down after exams fiasco Ofqual chief Sally Collier steps down after exams chaos
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The head of the exams regulator in England, Sally Collier, has resigned after the exams fiasco which left hundreds of thousands of students with down-graded marks and at risk of losing university places. The head of England's exams regulator, Sally Collier, has quit after thousands of students' marks were downgraded for exams they were unable to sit.
The board of England's exams regulator, Ofqual, has asked the previous regulator, Dame Glenys Stacey, to step as a temporary measure until December. Ofqual chief Ms Collier has been under fire for a flawed algorithm which made GCSE and A-level marks "unfair and unfathomable".
This is a breaking news story - more to follow. It also led to many A-level students losing university places they had been offered, and a crunch on degree places.
The previous regulator, Dame Glenys Stacey, has been asked to step in.
She will run the next stage of the exams process on a temporary basis until December, the Ofqual board said, along with the chief of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman, who previously worked at Ofqual.