The lessons I’ve learnt from results day
What is often most interesting are the trends behind the headlines
Photos of students with brown envelopes jumping for joy fill the papers, while success stories from celebrities about grades not being the be-all-and-end-all flood Twitter. It must be results day.
For a few weeks in August the country (and media) gets excited about A-level and GCSE results. What has become known as “silly season” soon becomes very busy as an education correspondent.
Every year the headlines will focus on whether there’s been a drop or rise in the number of top grades being awarded to pupils – but the figures only move by a fraction of a percentage point.
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