This week the JEP revealed that two States secondary schools would be in the bottom ten schools in the British Isles, based on their GSCE pass rates.
But Deputy James Reed has this morning claimed that the States secondary schools have been ‘unfairly singled out’ for criticism.
He defended the figures, which showed that just 20% of pupils at Haute Vallée and Grainville achieved five A* to C grades.
The Minister said that Jersey’s education system was ‘unique and highly selective’, as a result of 41% of students attending fee-paying schools – compared to just 7% in the UK.
