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TEENAGERS who yesterday celebrated good GCSE results could be taught next term by teachers with fewer qualifications than them, Labour claims.
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt highlighted the absurd scenario as 68 per cent of pupils received A* to C grades.
Mr Hunt said: “It is now the case that some of the pupils who have received their grades today may have higher qualifications than the teachers who will be teaching them at the start of the next school term.”
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
