To think grammar school could work

[McNewPants2013]

I hope I am wrong, but I can't see my son being academic. He is going into year 3 in September and his reading and maths are 5 years ( he is 7) he is talented at art and practical things he excels at.

m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23598589

I believe that if he continue as he is that at the age 14 I would prefer him to have a vocational quilification rather than an academic one.

m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23598589

Are you in wales?

Im welsh but live away ad my welsh comp was rubbish.

Do the tories have any chance of winning or getting this passed?

know wales gone bit test mad this year.

Yes I so live in Wales

I totally agree with vocational qualifications.

At my high school we were all tested in the first week, and I scored top 2% in the country for girls and was placed in all top sets.
Everything fine for a year, but by second year I was really struggling with maths and science.
Teachers refused to move me down because of my test scores, insisting that I just wasn't working hard enough, but none of it 'clicked'.

I spent the last 2 years of high school desperately unhappy trying to learn stuff I didn't get and haven't used since.
It put me off A levels and uni, and I'm still annoyed that I didn't have the opportunity to learn something 'useful' rather than inane science experiments and complex equations.