It can be hard to remember who the Education Secretary is. If you pop out to make a cup of tea you are liable to miss one. Since the last notable incumbent, Michael Gove, left the post in 2014 there have been a further nine education secretaries. Gillian Keegan, the holder of the office at the time of writing, was the fourth Education Secretary in five months when she was appointed in October 2022. It’s no surprise that the Government has had no education policy to speak of at all since Mr Gove left office. So here is a suggestion.
This is a week of great anxiety and, let us hope, some triumph for students across the land when the GCSE results come out. This is an annual ritual that other developed nations do without and it is time we followed their lead and abolished the GCSE. Good luck to all concerned and well done to those who have done well but in future we should all do something else.
