Hundreds of youngsters across Peterborough were left bewildered when a national marking fiasco meant they did not receive their exam results in July.

Many children were forced to leave primary schools to start their secondary education still not knowing how they had performed in their Key Stage 2 tests.

Now headteacher at Werrington Primary School Ben Wilding says dozens of his ex-pupils are still waiting for their results, just days before they start secondary school.

And it emerged today that many city other schools were in a similar situation.

Mr Wilding said: "The position hasn't changed since July, and I'm just outraged.

"The children worked so hard and looked forward to finding out how they had done before they started secondary school, but they haven't been able to do that.

"My staff have been beside themselves with worry and concern, and the parents are very upset.

"The children have been let down by the system."

Key Stage 2 results were supposed to be delivered to schools on July 8, but arrived late, with many incorrect, incomplete or not returned at all.

ETS Europe, the private firm put in charge of the marking when it was awarded a five-year, £156 million contract, has since been sacked by the Government.

Sixty pupils at Werrington primary sat the exams in maths, science and English, and 41 are still waiting for their maths results to come back.

Peterborough City Council said in July that 10 schools across the city had not received all their English papers, five schools had not received all their maths papers and two schools had incomplete science results.

According to the council's cabinet member for children's services, councillor Stephen Goldspink, pupils at the schools were still being kept waiting today.

He said: "The system is in total disarray and the contractor the Government employed to do the work has totally failed. We don't have any idea when we are going to get these results through.

"I just hope that ETS Europe gets its act together so that children, teachers and parents can finally know how they have done, instead of being left in limbo."