The Fascinating Story of What Happened to Scotland's Excellent Selective School System

I am keenly aware that the UK education disaster of 1965 played out very differently in Scotland. I am also aware that Northern Ireland's grammar schools were spared, though like other surviving grammars in England they were left to operate a comprehensive curriculum and allowed to take examinations designed for comprehensive schools, which gravely lowered all standards.  My new book also covers events in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Here, I discuss events in Scotland after1965:  

 

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