This summer, most politicians have all eyes on the next prime minister. One of the more bizarre policy pledges of the Tory leadership contest was the idea of guaranteeing a place at Oxbridge for anyone with three A*s at A Level.
Liz Truss’s idea would be impossible to implement, but it does communicate the important place A-levels and our elite universities have in the national debate on education.
A-level results day is always big news. For individuals the results define their next few years, and for the system they are an important indicator of how well the school system is performing.
