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Private school pupils get DOUBLE proportion of top grade GCSEs

Aug 12, 2021 View Original Article
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63% : Labour's shadow education secretary Kate Green said the difference in performance between state and private schools was in part the result of ministers' failure to outline a standardised process for assessing grades.
51% : Around 70.1% of all A-level entries from private schools were awarded an A grade or higher this year, which has prompted concerns that Covid-19 has widened the gap between private and state schools.
51% : Sir Kevan was asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether he thinks sending children to private school is an 'act of great privilege'.
48% : A separate analysis by Ofqual found that 61.2% of GCSE entries from private schools in England were awarded a grade 7 or above this year, compared with 57.2% in 2020 and 46.6% in 2019.
48% : Former catch-up tsar Sir Kevan Collins has said it is 'undeniable' that private schools have more resources than state schools, possibly leading to higher-than-average A-level grades this year.
47% : Andrew Bridgen called for 'major reform of education at all levels' after three in five GCSE entries from private schools in England received one of the top three grades - more than double the level at state secondaries.
46% : Some 61.2 per cent of GCSE entries from private schools received a grade 7, 8 or 9 this year, compared with 57.2 per cent in 2020 and 46.6 per cent in 2019, according to analysis by exams regulator Ofqual.
44% : Private schools in England saw the largest absolute increase in the top grades compared with other types of schools and colleges - up 9.3 percentage points on last year, data from Ofqual on Tuesday suggest.
42% : Meanwhile, private schools have seen the biggest absolute increase in the highest grades compared with other types of schools and colleges - up 4 percentage points on last year.

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