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GCSE star pupils 'could get unqualified teachers,' Labour claims

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.”

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