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of students given top grades. the government is considering a range of options for the future grading of results in england. labour says the coronavirus pandemic has widened the gap between private and state schools. simonjones has this report. oh, my god! a bumper yearfor top grades, with traditional exams replaced by teacher assessment. i ve got three a s. oh, my god, that s fantastic! hard work rewarded after the most challenging of years, but concerns, too, about how the grades are being awarded. 0verall, more than 44% of pupils received the top a or a grades, but in private schools that figure was more than 70%. in comprehensives, it wasjust over 39%. labour is asking why private schools did so much better. that might be because they ve had access to better learning facilities over the past year, access to remote learning or more resources in school. it may be that some parents have intervened more actively to encourage schools to give their children grades that would enable them
oh, my god! a bumper yearfor top grades, with traditional exams replaced by teacher assessment. i ve got three a s. oh, my god, that s fantastic! hard work rewarded after the most challenging of years but concerns, too, about how the grades are being awarded. 0verall, more than 44% of pupils received the top a or a grades, but in private schools that figure was more than 70%. in comprehensives, it wasjust over 39%. labour is asking why private schools did so much better. that might be because they ve had access to better learning facilities over the past year, access to remote learning or more resources in school. it may be that some parents have intervened more actively to encourage schools to give their children grades that would enable them to take up university places. the department for education says there has been a rise in top grades
the world war two veteran still doing stunts at the grand old age of 100. it s wednesday august the 11th. our top story. there are calls for reforms to the a level system after this year s results saw record numbers of students given top grades. the government is considering a range of options for the future grading of results in england. labour says the coronavirus pandemic has widened the gap between private and state schools. simonjones has this report. well done! a bumper yearfor top grades, with traditional exams replaced by teacher assessment. i ve got three a s. oh, my god, that s fantastic! hard work rewarded after the most challenging of years but concerns, too, about how the grades are being awarded. overall, more than 44% of pupils received the top a or a grades,
and state schools. simonjones has this report. oh, my god! a bumper yearfor top grades, with traditional exams replaced by teacher assessment. i ve got three a s. oh, my god, that s fantastic! hard work rewarded after the most challenging of years but concerns, too, about how the grades are being awarded. 0verall, more than 44% of pupils received the top a or a grades, but in private schools that figure was more than 70%. in comprehensives, it wasjust over 39%. labour is asking why private schools did so much better. that might be because they ve had access to better learning facilities over the past year, access to remote learning or more resources in school. it may be that some parents have intervened more actively to encourage schools to give their children grades that would enable them to take up university places. the department for education says