Exams chief slams GCSE grade targets
Isabel Nisbet, who is stepping down as chief executive of Ofqual next year, also suggested current league tables are too "simplistic" because they look at only a small number of measures.
Current league tables measure the number of pupils in each school who obtain five GCSEs at grade C or higher, including and excluding English and maths.
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Hide AdSpeaking at a conference in Cambridge, Ms Nisbet said: "I would get rid of targets related to the number of passes at grade C at GCSE" as a personal answer to a question about what she would do if she was Education Secretary for the day.