But the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) says fewer appeals resulted in changed grades.

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The QCDA added that year-on-year comparisons were unreliable because of changes in the way data had been collected.

BBC: Appeals rise over schools tests

Two months before leaving QCDA, I began looking for project management roles in the private sector.

BBC: Coventry at Work: A journey around the public sector

The values that drew me to QCDA still hold true in my new job.

BBC: Coventry at Work: A journey around the public sector

Then, in December, they gave me the one thing I'd been longing for since leaving QCDA: a permanent job!

BBC: Coventry at Work: A journey around the public sector

The QCDA office is a brand new purpose-built building - you can even tell by the smell in the very smart new reception.

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It also abolishes a number of education quangos, including the the QCDA (Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency), which Mr Blunkett described as "very worrying factor".

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As I wanted to use the skills and experience I'd gained at QCDA, I targeted purely project management roles, before realising that I'd have to widen the net to project officer and administrator roles.

BBC: Coventry at Work: A journey around the public sector

I'd been happily working for the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) for just over two years when, at 15:00 on 27 May 2010, a hastily arranged staff briefing was held in our shiny new offices.

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