Claims GCSEs getting easier
Half of candidates "above average"
The value of a GCSE was put into question today when it was revealed that almost 50% of candidates achieved an above average ranking.
Education secretary Fiona Hyslop denied accusations of dumbing down, citing question 3 from this year's geography paper. "How many people out there know where their nearest off-licence is? You'd be surprised how many 15 and 16-year-olds do. They're a credit to the teachers."
But Dan Virgil, head of history at King John's School for delinquents and drop-outs in Yeovil, Somerset, was not so sure. He told NewsBeast that he felt it unfair to say that exams had to get easier because of falling standards in teaching.
"Margaret Thatcher would turn in her grave if she were alive today".
Mathematics teacher, Elle Gorythm told us that "two thirds of students don't want to be in classes. It's a miracle the other quarter learn anything at all."
We spoke to some students at St Jordan's School in Bromsgrove as they received their results this morning. One pupil had seventy-six A-star grades, but didn't even realise it.
"I had to get the teacher to tell me the results, as I can't read" she said.