Children must retake entry exams

The exam was for entry to the school in September 2009

Nearly 300 primary school pupils in Staffordshire will have to re-sit a school entrance exam, education chiefs have said.

St Joseph's College in Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, said it had recently emerged a private tutor had seen the test prior to the pupils sitting it.

School leaders said it was only "fair and proper" that all children would have to take it again.

The school said it was also taking legal advice.

The exam had been designed for youngsters hoping to get a place at the school in September 2009.

St Joseph's, which is a selective Catholic high school, has an annual intake of 110.

About 275 pupils will now have to re-sit the paper.

The school has written to all the parents involved.