This week, as is usual for this time of year, social media was flooded with pictures of children on their first day of school.
Snapped by their proud parents, they wore their new uniforms and bright smiles.
But when it comes to the state of our education system I really wonder how much there is to smile about.
As millions of children returned to the classroom, a newly released report has revealed that we have had the biggest SATs results gap since 2012.
Driven by Covid, the research shows the widest gulf between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged primary schoolchildren for a decade.
