Should we scrap GCSEs? - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

The Conservative chairman of the Education Select Committee called GCSEs 'pointless' and said they should be abolished. David Aaronovitch asks if it is time for the exam system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to be completely overhauled.

GUESTSSandra Leaton Gray Associate Professor in Education at University College London’s Institute of Education
Laura McInerney, former editor of Schools Week and education writerAndreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Sir Mike Tomlinson, former Chief Inspector for OfstedLord Baker, former Education Secretary who brought in GCSEs
Peter Mandler, cultural historian at Cambridge University

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