Comments on: GCSEs u-turn: Wales welcomes “foolish and unhelpful” Gove as the “repentant sinner” https://leftfootforward.org/2013/02/michael-gove-gcses-u-turn-wales-repentant-sinner/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: riman09 https://leftfootforward.org/2013/02/michael-gove-gcses-u-turn-wales-repentant-sinner/#comment-195079 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:07:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=60719#comment-195079 Very smart of the Welsh government. Pity the warped thinking of these Con-Dems!

]]> By: RV https://leftfootforward.org/2013/02/michael-gove-gcses-u-turn-wales-repentant-sinner/#comment-194974 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:34:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=60719#comment-194974 They need to have to different qualifications in Wales because otherwise you can make direct comparisons between Wales and the other home nations. And any comparison is not flattering.
At devolution the GCSE situation was similar in England and Wales but now there is a big gulf. Also if you look at the international PISA standards they too show Wales way behind Scotland, Northern Ireland and England.

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