Henry Stewart: On DfE Criteria, Academies GCSE Results are “Artificially Inflated”
The DfE Question: Which Schools "Artificially Inflate" Their Results? The DfE responded this week to the analysis on this web site on the GCSE results in academies and other maintained schools. My post in response pointed out that any greater growth in GCSE results could probably be explained by GCSE equivalents, the use of which is heavily criticised by the Education Minister. (What ... read more and comment →
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Latest comment by Oumou: "Totally agree with your post. I expect you know John O'Farrell's book May Contain Nuts, which was about a woman who coduln't rely on her child to pass entrance exams, so sat them for her. It's only a mild exaggeration ......"
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