That sounds like a good idea

This may be a controversial statement, but I am certain that it is true.  Schools focus on borderline students giving them extra resources which by definition is to the detriment of low (and indeed high) achievers becuase it's the borderline student that gets a C rather than D that makes a big difference to the league table positions.

The TES says this week that the Lib Dems would replace league tables based on 5+A*-C passes with an average points system.  Now without making any pol;itical statement, that sounds like quite a good idea to me - it would mean that increasing the students from a G to an F counts the same as D to C and A to A*.

Jonathan