Bottom of the Class

Oh dear, now the government has donned its education dunce hat this morning in the guise of Kathleen Tattersall, the chairman of Ofqual (the examinations watchdog). She has said that parents had a simplistic expectation that the marking of GCSE and A-level papers should be accurate. (Why on earth not?).  We are told 22,000 of our little darlings successfully appealed their results last year (predominantly from the private sector). My son is currently sitting his GCSEs and I will be appealing his results as a matter of course with this “shower” at the helm (unless of course he gets 10 A* which will cost me a small fortune).