When my kids were at GHS, it was a fee paying school, one of my kids was in the primary, about the time when the old stables had been converted into classrooms, the school had hired a new young teacher, to say she was thick was an understatement, she didn't have a clue, I'm assuming she had a degree or teaching qualification ( if so I dont know how she got it). So we were left with a child who was stagnating at school while we were paying thousands, it wouldn't have been to bad but he was a very bright kid. It turned out that she was a former pupil and went to the same church, she was employed because of being a bible basher at the same church. The next year the children the class caught up because they had to be taught from an experienced teacher ( who was an excellent teacher) to pull them out of the shit, but half the class left to go to a different school. My child ended up leaving school with 10 separate GCSE'S 2 a*, 4 a's, and 4 b's, god knows what he might achieved at GHS, I assume it would of been nowhere near them grades, but this school seems to have deteriorated since my children left.
Another allegation of nepotism. It's not the first and I believe it won't be the last.