The Education Secretary said she never asked anyone for their A-level results in her 30 years in business.
Speaking ahead of GCSE results day, Gillian Keegan defended her remarks that students will not be asked about their A-level grades in 10 years’ time.
Her comments last week – which came as students across the country collected their A-level results – were branded as “incredibly rude and dismissive” by Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson.
Ms Keegan told Sky News her remarks were “taken out of context, as they always are”.
She added: “But it is true and I will stand by the comments, because I was asked this actually after a business guy had said the same in an earlier interview, and I will stand by the comments.
“As somebody who has worked for 30 years in business, that has employed hundreds if not thousands of people, I can honestly say I have never asked anybody for their A-level results or what grades they got.
“That is just the reality, 10 years later which is the time period I was asked about, that is the reality.”
