Yet more UK pupils are getting A grades at A-Level.

Since on the face of it there is no evidence that our progeny are smarter than we are (and plenty pointing in exactly the opposite direction), is the only explanation that the exams are getting easier? Thus:

A survey found that teachers believe A-levels have become so straightforward that monkeys could be trained to answer the questions.

The poll, for think-tank Civitas, revealed that teachers believe the systems allows the same calibre of students to achieve higher grades.

A director of A-levels from a school in the North West said: ‘The A-level is not aimed at the same people as it was 30 years ago; a larger cohort must have easier exams or too many would fail.

‘You could train a monkey to do the questions today!’

One in eight children achieved 3 As.

Disaster? Are we as a nation getting more dopey and (worse) thinking that we are getting smarter?

Hmm.

Yet, as the A grades are clocked up, a warm glow of satisfaction seeps through even the most cynical parent, namely me. Hey, you can only do your best, whatever the standard someone else sets.

Where a good education gets you these days: