GCSE SPIN

The Council has told the Island that overall GCSE results are on the 'right track' - upwards of course. But are they just spinning another poor overall performance ?

Last year the Island was 9% behind the national average for students getting 5 x A*-C GCSE grades. This year we are told that there has been a 2% increase in local performance - from 46% to 48%. We are not yet told what the national average is for 5 x A*-C grades, though we can probably assume at least a small rise of say 0.5% to 55.5%.

That would still leave the Island 7.5% behind the national picture. At this rate it will take another 5 years to get overall performance comparable to the mainland.

On the right track yes, but hardly at the right speed........

Not withstanding this unravelling of spin, of course my congratulations to all students for their GCSE results last week.