Performance Tables Are 'Downright Silly' ; Top Head Hits Out at New Inclusions
The Journal › January 13, 2011
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THE headmaster of a top North East school has hit out at the Government's new performance tables.
Dr Bernard Trafford, headmaster at Newcastle's Royal Grammar School, has spoken out saying: "They're always misleading, but this year they're downright silly." The Department for Education published GCSE league tables yesterday and for the first time they included figures for an "English Baccalaureate".See the full content of this document
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Performance Tables Are 'Downright Silly' ; Top Head Hits Out at New Inclusions
To gain the qualification, students have to have achieved at least a C grade in English, maths, a language, a science and also a humanities subject.
Education Secretary Michael Gove only announced in November ...See the full content of this document
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