High school's GCSE flop 'was an avoidable appalling waste'

LOW results at La Mare de Carteret High were avoidable and an appalling waste of talent, according to the new acting head.

Asked how the students felt about being in a school where just 12% achieved five A* to C GCSE grades including maths and English last year, Geoff Cowley said: 'The young people of Guernsey deserve much better.'

He said there had to be massive change to the education system in Guernsey – through the schools and beyond.

'There has to be greater accountability and consequences – owning up when a situation has gone awry.

'Once people realise that can happen, education could take off exponentially,' he said.