Well, it seems Hull schools are still at rock bottom.

Hull is still propping up the national GCSE league tables and is ranked last out of 149 local authorities across the country.

Whilst Councillors have expressed “disappointment”, the comparison to the East Riding Schools is only too apparent. Schools that are just on the other side of the authority boundary are registering very different results.

Yet did you know that children in Hull actually get more education funding per head from the Government than schools in the East Riding? I find it crazy that a child could go to a school, a mere half a mile away, and have around £500 a year less spent on them.

Either way, it doesn’t reflect well on Hull or the Council. I still remain loyal, however, and keep promoting my “suburbs” theory. Whilst cities like Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds all have their leafy suburbs included in their statistics, Hull is an entity on its own. It doesn’t have the Hessles or the South Hunsleys within its ranks to boost its position, which would make a massive different to the results.

I think I may have ranted about this before, but no doubt the backlash of public opinion will just once again reaffirm the apparent lack of faith in those at the Guildhall.