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School-leavers forced back into training
Recession forces school-leavers to follow govt agenda

By Alex Stevenson School-leavers facing a tough jobs market are being forced to accept the government’s skills agenda by staying on as students, as dissatisfaction about their suitability for employment grows. Hundreds of thousands of pupils are receiving their GCSE results today, but opportunities to escape the classroom are few and far between in recessionary… Read more »

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The Tories claim that, although GCSE results are going up, less than a quarter of pupils gain passes in all the traditional subjects.
Tories criticise government record on GCSEs

By Liz Stephens Days before the publication of GCSE results, the Conservative party has launched a scathing attack on the governments’ record on education. The Tories claim that, although GCSE results are going up, less than a quarter of pupils gain passes in all the traditional subjects of English, maths, science and a foreign language…. Read more »