“Students like my son, who has a place at university which is dependent on getting the right grades, must place his fate in the hands of two groups of people: teachers and a faceless team at Ofqual, the exam regulator.”

English television presenter and journalist

Susanna Reid is an English television presenter and journalist. She was born in 1970 and is best known for her long career in British breakfast television, including work on BBC Breakfast and Good Morning Britain. From 2001 to 2014, she co-presented BBC Breakfast with Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011. In 2013, she finished as runner-up on the 11th series of Strictly Come Dancing with Kevin Clifton, and since 2014 she has been the lead presenter of Good Morning Britain.