The Department for Education describes the reformed GCSEs, which started to be introduced last year, as “gold standard”. The consequence, according to critics, is that private school pupils are being afforded an advantage over state school students in the race for university places. It is totally wrong that Tory reforms are putting state school pupils at a disadvantage compared to their counterparts who can afford a private education. IGCSEs were approved for use in state schools in 2010 but they were removed from league tables in 2014. But Labour says that private school pupils are not being held to the same standards.

Source: The Guardian December 30, 2018 17:51 UTC