The second half of results season came last week, with GCSE results released to students on Thursday. But how are students getting their results from school? Has the pandemic changed the classic newspaper front page of students jumping in the air?
Happily for newspaper editors, just 6% of secondary teachers say their school sends results remotely, with the majority sticking with on-site collection. Schools in affluent schools were more likely to offer remote collection of results.
Smiles and thank yous were the order of the day, with nearly all secondary teachers who were present saying this is what they got (although half of secondary teachers aren’t in school on results day).
Hopefully all of your students got the results they needed, but… only 27% of secondary teachers say that good exam grade(s) would be in the top three school outcomes they would choose for pupils, if they could.
By far more popular responses were respect for other, self confidence and the skills they need for life.
