A-level results a class fail for our poor kids
A-level results day... and we all had a reason to feel nervous.
The Government has changed the life path of our young people, some for the better, but most for the worse, by relying on postcodes and a school’s past performance.
It’s state schools that have lost out again in an already unfair fight, with private schools with smaller classes more likely to get better grades from that algorithm.
And there is a real anger among BAME pupils who feel they’ve been thrown to the wolves.
Another Boris fail. Can someone teach him that it’s not just little Tarquins and Wilfreds who deserve a good start in life?