Grade inflation-fuelled demand for university places is so high that students are being asked to stay away.
Nearly half of this year’s A-levels were marked at an A or A* grade.
It’s hard not to look back with anxious nostalgia as the fateful date rolls around each year – all the more reason to cut this year’s cohort some slack.
Gavin Williamson, England’s Education Secretary, said pupils “deserve to be rewarded” after a year of disruption.
Educational reform must include tackling the teaching profession’s image problem.
Bonkers demands to “decolonise” the curriculum robs students of the opportunity to debate complex ideas.
School leavers have been among the most badly hurt by the pandemic because of the lack of careers advice and pastoral support.
Constant assessments, long teaching hours and a sea of bureaucracy have seen Scotland slip down the OECD rankings.
Short-term cash injections won’t be enough to help Generation Covid catch up.
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