My daughter, Sarah, got her results today, AAAB. Fairly similar to what I got 35 years ago. However she worked her little tits off for 2 years to do this. Years ago you didn't have to do this, just be a bit smarter than most of the people around you. Now you have to do what you are told and jump through hoops for a whole school lifetime.

And why, because we have become a society who profess that competition and accountability will improve public services. We(the adult, voting population)decide that schools and the people who work in them will be judged by the number of kids who hit an arbitrary target and then moan when that is what happens).

We have been sold this nonsense by an elite who know the true value of education. They don't put up with this nonsense for their own kids.