Ellie Ng

Top GCSE grades across the UK saw a slight increase this year with 22 per cent of entries achieving at least a grade 7 or A, while standard pass rates settled back to pre-pandemic levels at 67.3 per cent.

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Reforming compulsory resits for English and maths GCSEs is crucial to tackling the Neets crisis and opening doors for young people, education leaders have said.

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades rose on last year, figures show.

The former Great British Bake Off judge also said she would like to see free school meals for every child, and for the meals to be compulsory

Dame Prue Leith has hailed a forthcoming “revolution” in school food, as she suggested taking reforms one step further and banning lunchboxes.

It comes as all pupils in England from families on universal credit will be eligible for free school meals from September.

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Prue Leith hails school meals ‘revolution’ and calls for tougher measures

Dame Prue Leith has called for a total ban on school lunchboxes, describing the proposed measure as “draconian” but necessary because the contents cannot be policed.