The reformed GCSEs have more challenging content compared to IGCSEs. The fact that the % of passes has remained the same at level 4 (C) and level 7 (A) does not mean they are the same level of difficulty. It means state school students & teachers are working much longer & harder!
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Inside the super state schools getting dozens of pupils into OxbridgeIt sits just a few minutes from the River Thames, but Brampton Manor Academy in east London feels a very long way from your average inner-city school. *****These are the results of their work. Their pride. Bravo. Why do I suspect this is more PR? Stung by criticism of hardly admitting any lower income/BAME students, they've swung this way - only temporarily. When heat is off, they will revert to their elitist best
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Pupils' beautiful coffin gesture to head who penned deathbed letterPrimary school head Sue East drew a 700-strong crowd to her funeral, where former pupils sang in her memory
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