GCSE RESULTS TARGET REACHED A YEAR EARLY

18 October 2007

Commenting on the latest GCSE results,Steve Sinnott General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Europe’s largest teaching union said:

“These results are a cause for celebration amongst parents, youngsters and teachers alike. They are in stark contrast to the excessive gloom generated by yesterday’s Ofsted report.

“The results paint an accurate picture of the very real efforts being made by secondary schools to improve the achievements and lives of their pupils.

“What we don’t get with such a narrow attainment measure is a picture of the successes of other young people who do not hit the magic target of five A to C’s at GCSE. We really do need a much more comprehensive way of highlighting the achievements of all young people in public examinations.”