This is going to be my last comment on the A-level grade catastroclusterf**k because I'm just too angry about it.

What they've done, the approach they've taken, ignores all the work done by outstanding students, teachers, headmasters and schools. /1

By forcibly linking results this year to those last year, any work by staff into improving their school's performance has been nullified. Any work by exceptional pupils at underperforming schools - made irrelevant. /2

This is not just about people's futures, it's about everything they've done for the past year. And it's been done by a Government with an almost legendary tendency to put no effort into anything that they themselves do. /3

It's a disgrace against everything that's decent. It flies in the face of even Conservative values, as it means these people cannot pull themselves up through effort, but are condemned by history. It should not be allowed to stand. /end