Standards and Testing Agency

{{Short description|English statutory assessment provider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox government agency | name = Standards and Testing Agency | native_name = | native_name_a = | native_name_r = | type = Executive Agency | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | formed = {{Start date|df=y|2011|10|01}} | preceding1 = Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency | preceding2 = | dissolved = | superseding1 = | superseding2 =  | jurisdiction = England | headquarters = Cheylesmore House, Quinton Road, Coventry | region_code = | coordinates =  | motto = | employees = | budget = | chief1_name = Gillian Hillier | chief1_position = CEO and Accounting Officer | parent_department = Department for Education | parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency =  | keydocument1 =  | website = {{URL|https://gov.uk/sta}} | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | footnotes = | embed = }}

The '''Standards and Testing Agency''' ('''STA''') is an executive agency of the Department for Education responsible for developing and delivering all statutory assessments for school pupils in England.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/armslengthbodies/b00198511/sta |title=Standards and Testing Agency |publisher= Department for Education}}</ref> It was formed on 1 October 2011 and took over the functions of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency. The STA is regulated by the examinations regulator, Ofqual.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/armslengthbodies/b00198511/sta/feedback-and-complaints |title=STA Feedback and complaints |publisher= Department for Education}}</ref>

STA also develop the professional skills tests for trainee teachers and manage the Yellow Label Service for secure dispatch of traceable exam scripts.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/standards-and-testing-agency/about |title=Standards and Testing Agency |publisher= Department for Education}}</ref> ==See also== *Education in England *Qualifications Wales

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Category:Department for Education Category:Education in Coventry Category:Education in England Category:Educational qualifications in the United Kingdom Category:Organisations based in Coventry Category:Organizations established in 2011 Category:Executive agencies of the United Kingdom government