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George Alagiah presents the News on 21 August 2008
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Milly receives her GCSE results
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Rewind 11 years, and this was Milly, just starting school, meeting Tony Blair himself on his first official visit, days after being elected Prime Minister.
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James Westhead, BBC Education Correspondent.
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New Labour's record. The BBC reports that spending is up, the number of 5 good GCSEs is up but the number failing to reach grade C nationally is 23%.
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'There's no doubt that schools now are in a stronger position than they were 11 years ago. There's certainly much more money in schools that's being put to really good use. But I think there's been a failure of nerve and schools need to be trusted more.'
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The class of '97 at Sudbourne
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The class of 2008 at Dunraven
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