A more humane GCSE system should be introduced so teenagers are not stuck in a “demoralising” cycle of retakes when they do not achieve a “standard pass” in English or maths, a headteachers’ union has urged.
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), is calling for a new literacy and numeracy qualification to be developed that “does not represent a cliff-edge over which many must fall”.
