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The government should have trusted schools on A-levels

16 August 2020

5:59 PM

16 August 2020

5:59 PM

On Friday 20 March, I had an email exchange with a friendly professor at a top university. He confirmed that his prestigious course is heavily over subscribed. The course makes offers to double the number of students for whom it has places. Entry grades are set exceptionally high and only 60 per cent of places are taken by students who actually hit those grades.

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Alice Hudson is the Executive Head of the Twyford CoE Academies Trust.


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