About a year ago I wrote a blogpost entitled “Spot the Difference” comparing what Tristram Hunt was saying about the history curriculum before he became part of Labour’s education team and after. This quick post is the sequel.
Here are Tristram Hunt’s views on AS levels, interviewed by Total Politics in 2012:
With history, kids are over-examined and under-taught. Personally, I’d get rid of AS Levels – they’ve been a waste of time. You don’t need the relentless examination system; when kids leave at the age of 18, they’re ‘exam trauma victims’.
Here, from the TES website, is an account by William Stewart of what Tristram Hunt told the NASUWT conference yesterday:
AS-levels would return under Labour, pledges Tristram Hunt
Labour today pledged a “swift reversal” of the government’s unpopular decision to stop AS marks counting towards final A-level grades.
Tristram Hunt, shadow education secretary, told the…
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