Outcry over ringing phone during exams

Pupils at Portstewart Primary School may sit their second 11-plus paper again, after an invigilator's mobile phone rang five times during the exam.

"Parents were sent letters offering the option to re-sit last Friday's hour-long transfer test if they felt their child was disadvantaged.

... The education and library board told the BBC's Talkback program that parents could sit a supplementary test or claim special circumstances in their school transfer application.

More than 15,750 children aged 10 and 11 sat the English, Maths and Science tests, which will determine the sort of secondary school they attend. "

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