SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
What better time than now to scrap outdated GCSEs for good?
The point of GCSEs is to force a fake market system onto schools, creating an educational straitjacket for teachers and pupils alike, says ROBERT POOLE
THE Covid-19 crisis has meant that this year, out of necessity, GCSE exams have been abandoned in favour of teacher assessment.
There has been a reluctant admission that teachers do in fact know the capability of their pupils and can be trusted to grade them.
Current Year 10 pupils will have missed months of their education so far with more disruption expected.
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