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My hon. Friend the Member for Luton South (Gavin Shuker) and I recently met teachers and head teachers in Luton to discuss the problems involved in the GCSE results. It is clear that some pupils were not permitted to take the sixth-form courses that they had chosen, as a consequence of their results, and that some schools that made strenuous efforts to improve their English results have actually been knocked back. Is that not a disgrace, and should not apologies be made?

Asked by
Kelvin Hopkins (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
29 October 2012
Reference
552 c13
House
House of Commons

I share the concern felt by the hon. Gentlemen. We must wait to see the Ofqual report before we can be more certain about what went wrong this year, but it is clear that there were a variety of factors consequent on the design of the examination, and that we need to take steps to remedy them.

Answered by
Lord Gove (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
29 October 2012
Reference
552 c13
House
House of Commons