As nearly 700000 students open their results letters,we bring you all the latest on the joy and desperation across the country, and what it all means 3.34pm BSTWith the results out, or the analysis in and hundreds of thousands of teenagers considering their next moves,it’s sadly now time to wrap up this live blog for nowadays. Before I recede here is a summary of the key points: 3.07pm BSTThe writer Philip Pullman has defended the study of the arts, slamming the government’s focus on just few subjects as the work of “philistines and barbarians”. What follows is the work of my colleague Alison Flood: Related: Philip Pullman attacks 'barbarian' downgrading of UK arts education Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com