The Education Secretary was on the airwaves this week talking about A-level results – I think she was trying to help out people who might have not have done as well as they hoped
It has come to something when I’d rather listen to Kevin Keegan than Gillian Keegan when it comes to dishing out life advice.
Ms Keegan â the sixth Education Secretary in a very short space of time â was on the airwaves this week talking about A-level results. I think, if I’m being kind, she was trying to help out people who might have not have done as well as they would have hoped. “What will people ask you in 10 years’ time?” said Ms Keegan, “They won’t ask you anything about your A-level grades in 10 years’ time.”
You can see what she was trying to do but it was so clumsy, negated so much effort these kids have made, there were calls for her to immediately apologise. She hasn’t. But never mind. In 10 months â never mind 10 years âno one will be asking who the Education Secretary was.
This year’s results are down but they were always going to be. The pandemic, of course. But underpinning that is the Government’s complete failure to look after our education system. Last year, 40,000 teachers resigned from state education. That’s almost 10% of the entire total. Vacancies have doubled, recruitment an issue, and staff sickness is through the roof.