English Language GCSE should be scrapped to ‘end misery’

of third of teens being labelled as failures, report says NewsEducationEducation News English Language GCSE should be scrapped to ‘end misery’ of third of teens being labelled as failures, report says Qualification should be geared towards skills needed by employers, heads’ union says Eleanor Busby Education Correspondent @Eleanor_Busby Tuesday 10 September 2019 19:23 Findings come as pupils across the country start their Sats, GCSE and A-Level exams Findings come as pupils across the country start their Sats, GCSE and A-Level exams(PA) English Language GCSE should be scrapped to “end the misery” of a system which labels more than a third of 16-year-olds as failures, according to an inquiry set up by a headteachers’ union. The qualification is “not fit for purpose” because it focuses on a restrictive choice of writing tasks with an emphasis on literary analysis, rather than on competency in English, the report states.