Data is published for children's attainment in national curriculum tests, often known as Sats, which are sat at the end of primary school at age 10 or 11.
Oxford grants places before A-level results are known, so it relies on AS levels, which are sat the year before, GCSE results and, crucially, an interview.
In the past, AS-level exams, which are sat at the end of year 12, made up half of the final A-level grade.
The fact that everything was being monitored and that my phone, which was sat in a phone holder, could tell how I was driving, was scary.
It had been prompted amid hundreds of complaints from headteachers after January's new exam, which was sat by about 22,500 pupils.
What we need to do is have an examination that has all the rigour of the old O-Level, but which is sat by a majority of students so we can ensure that everyone is treated fairly.
There's not much on, mind, and he drops a snooker on O'Sullivan with the white in behind the green, which is sat high up on the right cushion.
A leaked report into the two-year-old Darwin correctional centre, which was sat on by the previous government and then only partially released by the current one, has reportedly revealed details of rampant failures in the $1.8bn , 1,000-bed 1,000-bed
"It's a lot easier than what most chefs do, which is sit with a couple of beers at 11 at night and put together a dry ordering list".
I was travelling myself when I got my Fitbit, and because the tingle feels so good, not just as a sensation but also as a mark of accomplishment, I began pacing the airport rather than doing what I normally do, which is sit in the waiting area, wondering which of the many people around me will die first, and of what.
It is win or bust for City, so what I would definitely not do is what they did in the first leg, which was sit back rather than take the game to Barca.
