Retakes, have you made that decision already? brute retakes, have you made that decision alread ? ~ , ., already? we will see later, the retake policy already? we will see later, the retake policy is already? we will see later, the retake policy is terribly - already? we will see later, the i retake policy is terribly important, it s not about retaking exams over and over again, it s not about retaking exams over and overagain, it s it s not about retaking exams over and over again, it s about young people continuing to study maths and english after the age of 16 if they have not achieved a grade four or above in gcses in english and maths. because of the policy that came in 2014, hundreds of thousands of 19 year olds now have english and maths gcses at grade four or better, more than if we had not had the policy. that will transform the lives of those young people. in 2022, 70 9019 year olds now have an english and maths gcse at grade four and they would not have had that if we h