Labour institutionalised mediocrity in schools by encouraging teachers to neglect capable pupils, according to an analysis of GCSE results. Teachers focused their attention on bumping-up pupils from a grade D to a C in order to improve their ranking in school league tables. Meanwhile those youngsters who were considered bright enough to get a grade B or higher at GCSE have been neglected. New analysis of GCSE exam results has found that teachers were encouraged to focus their attention on improving grades from D to C And those at the bottom of the pile – who would take too much work to get to grade C – have been consigned to the scrap heap, according to research by the think tank Policy Exchange. JUST WHAT DID THEY EXPECT?
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