MUCH like last week’s A-Levels, there are some inspiring tales of young people overcoming real adversity to achieve great marks with their GCSEs.
But just as impressive are the performances of some of those pupils who were forecast potentially dire results, yet worked hard to get middle grades.
We should not forget their Cs are as much of an achievement as a string of As and, if they show the same work ethic, their futures will be successful.
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