'Urgent' investigation into 'shock GCSE exam results'

The Welsh Government has pledged to find out urgently why thousand of pupils across Wales have performed poorly in recent exams.

It comes after a big fall in grades for a pioneering English Language GCSE.

37,000 pupils sat the exams in January, and have been getting their results this week.

Schools across the country say youngsters got much poorer grades than expected in the first such GCSE especially designed for schools in Wales - but there are worries tonight that the results may actually reflect poor levels of literacy in our schools.