The Yorkshire Post says: Making the grade. Parental agonies on GCSE day

Their hard work – and the commitment shown by their teachers – will, hopefully, be the springboard to a successful career. Yet, on this stressful day, spare a thought for the parents – and their agonies – as they wait, with much trepidation, to hear if their children have made the grade.

Jayne Dowle: An experiment in education that could alter lives

Parents like Jayne Dowle who has charted her son Jack’s progress from toddler to teenager in her weekly columns in The Yorkshire Post and offered great insight on the state of education today. A journey that has been shared by regular readers who have often empathised with a mother’s frustration at her son, and the wider education system, her piece in today’s paper is required reading for Ministers. Not only does she put GCSE results in perspective but it highlights the importance of schools creating rounded individuals, a lesson overlooked all too easily.