Commenting on the publication of GCSE results in England, Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, said:

“Students and their teachers have achieved another strong set of results in the most challenging of circumstances and despite the Government’s removal of mitigations put in place to account for the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“This year’s students should be congratulated on securing these achievements despite years in which their education has suffered Covid disruption and under-funding.  “Teachers have continued to pull out all the stops for their pupils, but have been left to do their best without the necessary levels of investment in education recovery and catch-up support.

“Ministers must take responsibility for their decisions which have contributed to a widening in the attainment gap between the most disadvantaged pupils and their peers.

 “Teachers will always do whatever it takes to secure the very best for all their pupils. It is time that teachers and pupils had a Government that is prepared to do the same.”