Curriculum and Exam Reform

Part of Business of the House – in the House of Commons at 11:32 am on 7 February 2013.

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Photo of Michael Gove Michael Gove The Secretary of State for Education 11:32, 7 February 2013

My hon. Friend makes a good point. I think there was a case for the change he describes, but I felt that the best was the enemy of the good, and we agreed it would be better to put this to one side. We are still not clear whether Labour believes we should move towards having a single exam board. That was its position last September; we do not know whether it has U-turned since then. It is important that we give the exam boards a chance to show that they can improve GCSEs, but if they have not done so in the next Parliament, more steps could be taken.