www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35904242
Hmm ...seemingly applies to England only ...
... but it could - just as easily - apply elsewhere in the UK.
God forbid, though, that ANY part of the British Education System should ever revert back to an archaic arrangement designed for testing a child's [so-called] academic abilities at the tender age of eleven.
Besides,there are - always have been - kids who are "late developers".
Frankly, I really don't know what to say, as I've already expressed my views in an old thread of mine - under the forum's 'Loose Talk etc.' Section - [almost] exactly four years' ago:
> http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....+Arthur+Little <here.
And my opinion hasn't changed!![]()