Cash for questions
Recent A-level and GCSE results show that private education can still buy better grades in public exams
THE past few weeks have seen the publication of record-breaking A-level and GCSE results, continuing the upward trend of the past 15 years. Much of the debate about these exams has focused on why girls perform better than boys. But just as significant as the gender gap is the fact that independent schools are improving their academic performance at a faster rate than the state sector. For all the efforts of the Labour government to reform state schools, they still cannot match the pace set by privately-financed public schools. Money still buys significantly better grades.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Cash for questions”
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