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Think tank given an F for poor grade fines idea
by Our News Desk
TEACHING unions have rubbished a call for secondary schools to be fined if students fail to achieve a C in GCSE maths and English, branding it “arrant nonsense” yesterday.
Right-wing think tank Policy Exchange said that the money from the “resit levy” should be handed to further education (FE) colleges where many students will retake the exams.
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