A-level and GCSE results fiasco.

[Pierre]

This years 16yr olds are 40% cleverer than last year too!

[Carth]

Here it comes, the next cabinet reshuffle

I'd suggest Fisheries to Transport, Education to Public Health (or whatever it's called now), Transport moves to Foreign Policy, and Jfman to Business & Commerce.

That should sort things quite nicely, leaving those who miss out on a new role the freedom to post their "I could do better" rants on Twitter & Facebook


*smirks and goes off to listen to 'Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot' *

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Carth

Here it comes, the next cabinet reshuffle

I'd suggest Fisheries to Transport, Education to Public Health (or whatever it's called now), Transport moves to Foreign Policy, and Jfman to Business & Commerce.

That should sort things quite nicely, leaving those who miss out on a new role the freedom to post their "I could do better" rants on Twitter & Facebook


*smirks and goes off to listen to 'Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot' *

And maybe creating a Minister of Streaming too.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Carth

Here it comes, the next cabinet reshuffle

I'd suggest Fisheries to Transport, Education to Public Health (or whatever it's called now), Transport moves to Foreign Policy, and Jfman to Business & Commerce.

That should sort things quite nicely, leaving those who miss out on a new role the freedom to post their "I could do better" rants on Twitter & Facebook


*smirks and goes off to listen to 'Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot' *

Complete lack of balance, Squire.

OB to International Trade.

Hugh? Hmmm.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Hugh? Hmmm.

Defence or Education.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Pierre

This years 16yr olds are 40% cleverer than last year too!

Wonder if teachers will get a pay rise on the back of these results.

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Wonder if teachers will get a pay rise on the back of these results.

I doubt it.. After all blame has to be apportioned somewhere by this government.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Complete lack of balance, Squire.

OB to International Trade.

Hugh? Hmmm.

Something to do with booze and eating out

[1andrew1]

No words.

A company run by long–term associates of Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings has been working behind the scenes with the exams agency Ofqual on its disastrous strategy for determining A-level results, the Guardian can reveal.

Public First, a policy and research firm owned by James Frayne and Rachel Wolf, who both formerly worked for Gove, has been involved on the project with Ofqual since June after being granted a contract that was not put out to competitive tender.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...?ocid=msedgntp

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

No words.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...?ocid=msedgntp

If the Guvmin needs to do something in a hurry, then the competitive tender process probably hinders that. No idea if that's the case in this instance, but from my past responsibilities in local government, and having regard for contract value thresholds and/or any available derogations, I know how important that degree of freedom can be.

[Carth]

Touch of jealousy because your firm didn't get the contract Andrew?

We all know, and have for years, that they're all 'in it together' whether it's Conservative, Labour, Lib Dems, SNP etc. I find it surprising that people are still surprised by this

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Defence or Education.

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Something to do with booze and eating out

Why not both?

Anyhoo, I have been pleasantly surprised by the positive messages of support on this forum towards the students who are going through a very stressful time in their lives, and through no fault of their own, have had a very important part of their education banjaxed, which could affect a reasonable number of their futures.

I thought some of our posters were cynical, cold-hearted, and unfeeling, but the deep understanding, compasssion, empathy, and sympathy shown to these teenagers in this very difficult time, and the warm messages of support, just showed me I was wrong...

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Carth

Touch of jealousy because your firm didn't get the contract Andrew?

We all know, and have for years, that they're all 'in it together' whether it's Conservative, Labour, Lib Dems, SNP etc. I find it surprising that people are still surprised by this

Not my line of business but I'm left speechless that yet another uncontracted tender fails and now we learn it's Gove's mates. The country seems to be going backwards in terms of transparency. We're becoming more the English Patient and less Great Britain. False equivalence should not trump democratic scrutiny.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Why not both?

Anyhoo, I have been pleasantly surprised by the positive messages of support on this forum towards the students who are going through a very stressful time in their lives, and through no fault of their own, have had a very important part of their education banjaxed, which could affect a reasonable number of their futures.

I thought some of our posters were cynical, cold-hearted, and unfeeling, but the deep understanding, compasssion, empathy, and sympathy shown to these teenagers in this very difficult time, and the warm messages of support, just showed me I was wrong...

---------- Post added at 12:37 ---------- Previous post was at 11:43 ----------

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

If the Guvmin needs to do something in a hurry, then the competitive tender process probably hinders that. No idea if that's the case in this instance, but from my past responsibilities in local government, and having regard for contract value thresholds and/or any available derogations, I know how important that degree of freedom can be.

In which case, don't pick up the phone to your mates so that there are no suspicions of corruption.

Originally Posted by Hugh

Why not both?

Anyhoo, I have been pleasantly surprised by the positive messages of support on this forum towards the students who are going through a very stressful time in their lives, and through no fault of their own, have had a very important part of their education banjaxed, which could affect a reasonable number of their futures.

I thought some of our posters were cynical, cold-hearted, and unfeeling, but the deep understanding, compasssion, empathy, and sympathy shown to these teenagers in this very difficult time, and the warm messages of support, just showed me I was wrong...

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Maggy

I doubt it.. After all blame has to be apportioned somewhere by this government.

I wouldn’t expect a pay rise either if I’d caused a national embarrassment by handing out A’s like fortune cookies at A and GCSE level.

http://news.sky.com/story/gcse-resul...rades-12052904

And there's been a 40% increase in the number of grade 9's awarded. That's the very top mark.

. Must be great to mark your own work and reassure yourself at how good a teacher you are. Like loving the smell of your own farts.