Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah
.@oldishbird1. How many? Can you give a source? The 1945 Labour govt did indeed ban Secondary Mods from setting public exams, but this was overturned in the early 1950s, after which thousands of Secondary Mod pupils took O levels(at a standard comps would not be able to meet) — PolitiTweet.org
OldishBird @oldishbird1
@ClarkeMicah @PhilipPullman Many secondary modern schools did not allow pupils to sit O levels. They only got to si… https://t.co/tDNfNO2iEy