Aibu to think that the Scottish education system is far superior to the English one?

[Margerykemp]

What I see on the news and here about GCSEs and it sounds crazy!
-different exam boards
-modular exams
-sitting exams in different years
-inflexible attitude to deferring entry
-no automatic entry to local school
-league tables
-some courses being 'worth' numerous GCSEs
-going to secondary at 10/11 rather than 11/12
-church schools
-academies
-different systems in different regions
-local authorities not having enough places for all their residents
-a high proportion of private schools, with eye watering fees
-schools making kids do 'Micky mouse subjects' to get them up the league tables
-a ' choice' system which favours pushy middle class parents

• lottery placements

-too big a jump from GCSEs to a level -too few a levels taken -not knowing a level results before applying to uni -Michael Gove being in charge!

I don't know how you all put up with it!

well (as a Scot)

• we have church schools here, don't we? There's a Catholic school round the corner
• plenty of private schools
• from what I see on the news, there's the same constant fiddling with qualifications
• there is still a list published of exam results

But luckily we don't have Michael Gove.

Oops seem to have created 2 threads on this, sorry.

Crystal- we don't have church run state schools- only denominational schools-anyone can go
The results tables are only for external exams-no sats
-the proportion of private schools is much smaller with none at all in lots of areas