LA MARE de Carteret’s new head teacher has acknowledged that the school must accept responsibility as a new GCSE blunder has put the future education of nine students in jeopardy.   

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THE worst-performing secondary school in Jersey has beaten La Mare de Carteret High by 1%.

DIVISIONS have been exposed in the Policy Council as the GCSE saga developed with Education minister Carol Steere questioning whether she should continue to have confidence in the chief minister.

A LETTER published on this page a couple of days ago took the newspaper to task over our coverage of the Education Department’s handling of the high schools’ GCSE exam results, saying that events needed to be reported in a neutral and balanced manner with no outside interest and with minimal harm to the people [...]

THE poor GCSE results of two high schools – and the way they were communicated – were an absolute disgrace, according to the former chairman of Giba.

IT WAS described as a basic failure of public services and seen as significant enough that an independent expert review is now under way.

EDUCATION minister Carol Steere detailed for the first time this morning the action that was being taken at two high schools to improve GCSE results as she fought for her future.

THE Education board yesterday met the heads of the high schools, something their predecessors used to do annually.

LA MARE head Ken Wheeler came out fighting yesterday as he acknowledged this year’s GCSE low pass rate had happened on his watch.