Sally Collier is a British civil servant and former head of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual). She also involved in negotiating changes to

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Career

She has served as the

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of the

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, an

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of the

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. She was also previously the Managing Director of the Government Procurement Service and Director of Procurement Policy and Capability. On 25 April 2016 she was appointed as the chief regulator of Ofqual, replacing

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who stepped down from the position in February 2016 after a five-year term. Prior to her appointment as the exam regulator, she had nearly twenty years of experience in the civil service.

GCSE and A-Level grading controversy

In 2020, Collier was criticised over the implementation of the

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which was termed by teachers and students as unfair for the purpose of grading the students following the cancellation of the

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(A Level) exams due to the

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. The

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used initially led to a downgrading of 40% of the A-Level results and was later removed. On 25 August 2020 she tendered her resignation from the position of chief regulator of Ofqual. She was later replaced by her predecessor as the chief regulator of Ofqual,

, on an interim basis.

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