• Are girls smarter than boys?
    29th September 2010

    With all the furore over the ever improving A level and GCSE results, the questions raised about the purpose and efficacy of the new A* grade and the heated debate over the roles of teachers, students and examination boards in determining the level of results achieved, one surprising statistic seems to have been largely overlooked […]

  • The A level conundrum
    01st September 2010

    A level results have arrived with another record pass rate, but is it good or bad news for the students receiving them? Has the new A* grade done what it was supposed to or simply made the ever-improving results even more difficult to evaluate? Thousands of students across the country are celebrating this week as A level results reached an all-time high, with a record pass rate of 97.6%, and one in twelve results achieving the…..