I SIMPLY don’t believe it. What kind of a woke society are we creating for the children of tomorrow?

The charity Childline is providing counselling sessions for exam anxiety. It delivered more than 200 sessions to pupils almost doubling the figure since September 2021 arguing that this reflects increasing levels of anxiety as exams draw near.

In my opinion this is mollycoddling in the extreme and simply wrapping our kids in cotton wool.

In my day at the Preston Catholic College you studied, revised and took the exam and if you didn’t get the result you needed you moved on with your life.

I am afraid successes and disappointments are all part of growing up which only serve to strengthen our character. I should know as a failed academic who took eight O levels and failed ten!!

Jim Oldcorn