The arguments over the value or otherwise of the school performance tables have become all part of the ritual, and it is easy to be cynical about what they appear to show.
Shropshire schools were today celebrating another record in the number of pupils achieving the top GCSE grades – while national figures showed thousands of teenagers are still failing to get good results after being let down by under-performing schools.
A special task force looks likely to be set up to try and improve the exam results of children from poorer backgrounds in Shropshire.
Shropshire’s Concord College is celebrating again after being named the highest ranking private school in the county for GCSE results.
Exam records were smashed at schools across Shropshire today, with pupils achieving some of the best GCSE results ever seen in the county.
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