Commenting on the publication of A-level results, Dr
Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’
Union, said:
“Congratulations must go to pupils and their teachers who have
worked so hard in uniquely challenging circumstances to secure
today’s results.
“These grades are a reflection of the circumstances in which
exams were held and it would be wrong and wholly inaccurate to
compare these results to previous years or make comparisons about
performance in relation to previous pupil cohorts.
“It will be essential for higher and further education providers
and employers to recognise the challenges pupils have faced this
year and to act sensitively when considering their place offers
or offers of employment to young people.
“Young people due to sit qualifications next year have also faced
substantial and relatively recent disruption to their learning
that can and should be addressed in qualifications arrangements
and in forms of wider support. This needs to include greater
investment in education
recovery.
“Government plans and funding for education recovery fall far
below that seen in other comparable countries.
“The results achieved today were secured largely in spite of,
rather than because of, the support received from Government for
education recovery programmes.
“Teachers have pulled out all the stops for their pupils and
after a decade of real terms pay erosion, deserve for their hard
work to be matched with a restorative above-inflation pay award.”
