Mrs Evans's union, the National Union of Teachers, launched a High Court action against Monmouthshire County Council and the school governors, accusing them of having failed to adopt proper disciplinary rules and procedures.Mrs Justice Bracewell ruled in the union's favour and ordered governors to draw up new rules and procedures before the disciplinary hearing. Mrs Evans was finally cleared of all allegations at the three-day hearing.The vindication of Mrs Evans prompted Ms Davidson to investigate the handling of her case.The minister said Monmouthshire LEA had acted unreasonably in withholding information from the school's governors – including the allegations against Mrs Evans – and that this had contributed to the delay. The LEA had also been unreasonable in failing to give Mrs Evans access to documents until only a few weeks before the disciplinary hearing, she said.Ms Davidson recommended that all LEAs in Wales should review their own disciplinary procedures in the wake of Mrs Evans' case. Monmouthshire LEA was also asked to issue governors with clear and up-to-date advice.Ms Davidson said the governing body's decision to suspend Mrs Evans had been reasonable. But she warned other schools that disciplinary issues must be handled on a case-by-case basis."We do need to look very carefully at the way we support teachers who have allegations made against them," Ms Davidson said. "The local authority was very confused in the areas of its processes.

We need proper time-scales for addressing any allegations."Monmouthshire County Council said the inquiry report was a "vindication of its actions". The council rejected criticism that it had been wrong to withhold details of the allegations against Mrs Evans from the governing body.A spokesman said: "This was to protect Mrs Evans by preventing the 'tainting' of the governors' deliberations. The LEA was following accepted practice in the interest of the person under investigation."* National test results from Merstham Community Primary School in Redhill, Surrey, have been annulled after an investigation found evidence of cheating. Sixty 11-year-olds had their results in English, maths and science tests disallowed because some of their answers "did not represent the children's unaided work".. A primary school's national test results have been annulled after an investigation found evidence of cheating. A primary school's national test results have been annulled after an investigation found evidence of cheating. Up to 60 11-year-olds at Merstham community primary school, in Redhill, Surrey have had their results in English, maths and science tests disallowed after a complaint from a parent, Surrey County Council said yesterday.The exam regulator, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, has completed an investigation at the school, which has 286 pupils aged three to 11.Officials interviewed pupils and staff last week and examined the children's test papers, which were sat in May.Investigations are believed to focus on how much time the children were allowed to complete the tests and whether they were told any of the answers..

Nicky Kemp is an English teacher and assistant head of sixth form at Mark Rutherford Upper School, Bedford Nicky Kemp is an English teacher and assistant head of sixth form at Mark Rutherford Upper School, Bedford "We went against general advice and examined one unit of the English course in January. We wanted to put our toe in the water, get some results and see what an A candidate looked like, and a B candidate, and so on. It was very scary but our results were good, it gave our students a lot of focus and they had got one exam out of the way; they could also take it again if they needed to get a better result. I'd be sorry if they were going to stop us doing that."One good thing is that lower sixth students have had to hit the ground running because of AS-levels. They haven't had time to waste so have had to be more focused."But there is evidence that everything has been thrown together terribly, terribly quickly. We were sent a specimen question by the exam board on a Blake poem that asked why the poem ended on the word "wept".