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Schools under pressure for underperforming
Judging comprehensives against fee-paying selective schools is not comparing like with like, as the Chief Inspector should know only too well.
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Primary school pupils could be ranked against their peers across the country, under new plans to overhaul schools’ performance measures, being considered by ministers.
Judging comprehensives against fee-paying selective schools is not comparing like with like, as the Chief Inspector should know only too well.
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