Is it just me, or is the crowing about 98% of GCSE students achieving a "pass" grade a load of nonsense?
It does sound wonderful, but as I read into it, another story emerges. Apparently, the statistic counts ANY grade at all as being a pass, which is not my take on things at all. When I sat my GCE 'O' Levels, a long time ago admittedly, A-C were passes, D-E were failures. Take the same measure to yesterday's results and you get a 61% figure, which is rather more realistic - if less headline grabbing...