The Guardian view on GCSE results day: mind the disadvantage gap

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1. Four takeaways from 2024's GCSE results | BBC News

2. Private schools beat state schools in bagging the highest proportion of top GCSE grades this year | Daily Mail

3. How 1 in 5 GCSE pupils achieved top marks - but experts say results are not back at pre-Covid levels | Daily Mail

4. Joy as GCSE grades above pre-Covid levels - but more support needed for disrupted kids | Mirror

5. Maths education is failing UK students | Financial Times

The 16-year-olds who received their GCSE results on Thursday were in their first year of secondary school when Covid struck. The ensuing chaos and disruption cast a long, destabilising shadow over their education, which was further undermined by the inadequate response of successive Conservative administrations.