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All Mouth And Trousers's avatar

Some points :

1) Grade inflation - The grades were estimated in 2020 and I think 2021? You can safely ignore both of them.

2) Wales. If the South Wales valleys are anything to go by the more intelligent people are leaving Wales to get a better life in England. Many go away to university and never return. This would mean the IQ level in Wales will be falling and also those who aren't that much brighter but have a good work ethic are leaving. You've also falling numbers of children in Wales, which means more travel to school and more nixed classes maybe?

3) If it were a matter of reforms making the difference and Wales hasn't implemented changes you'd have to explain why things are getting worse in Wales and have been since the end of the grammar system? Any comments on that?

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Martin Le Jeune's avatar

Your little story about the kid reading Shakespeare really moved me. We 100% have to try to stop that kind of thing in every school.

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Steve Hemingway's avatar

Large scale MATs may help, but they are not a magic bullet.

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Neil O'Brien's avatar

Yup, fair

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Steve Hemingway's avatar

Welsh education is a catastrophe. I blame the requirement that all teachers are able to speak Welsh.

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All Mouth And Trousers's avatar

There is no such requirement.

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