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Well lets face it can't get any worse considering Education was one of Blairios flag ship policies 13 years ago:(

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Your quite wrong there Dave, i have no political alliegiances as i think that they are all a bunch of scheming lying self-serving crooks. :D:D:D

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Take it politicians aren't your cup of tea Alan:rolleyes::D

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I could produce a test that "proved" the people of Ossy were brainier than the people of Huncoat .

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that wouldn't be difficult huncoats full of paddys.:D

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I agree with you totally Al, was referring to our Jay in the comment, your comment was highlighted for the "Blue Gegs" observation. ;) :D

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To be sure, to be sure, to be sure:D:D

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So some employers question qualifications being presented ! Is it really any wonder when things like those in the article are so prevalent ?

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I have just had to buy (yes, buy) a copy of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" as my daughter is studying it for GCSE and the school can't afford to provide the pupils with a copy each, there are not even enough copies to share! Progress? I think not, even when I did my O-levels (as they were then) we got the chosen books, shabby though they may have been. As it is I've forked out nearly a tenner for a copy and the teaching notes. Not impressed.:mad:

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Same here too not even discounted price either :(

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Are the schools soley to blame?

Or is is Microsoft, Sony, Face Book ect thats corrupting young minds.:D

"M @ Skewl init on Fcebk cilin wi m M8's cnt b rsed 2 lrn mr import 2 updat mi status":D

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The last government have a lot to answer for, after all schools are still working on budgets set last april;)

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How can you have the cheek to question the Education system when you can't even spell properly yourself? It's University, with an R in !!!

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I reckon the fall in standards started with the introduction of 'Comprehensive' education. Before a certain Observer correspondent from Ossy dons his famous blue spectacles he should take a read at this.


Indeed, Mrs Thatcher (as she then was) is understood to have signed away more grammar schools between 1970 and 1974 than any other education secretary before or since.

And let's go further back still. Who brought in comprehensive schools in the first place? It is often - but mistakenly - believed that comprehensive schools were introduced by Harold Wilson's Labour government in the mid-1960s.

In fact, the first comprehensive schools were opened during the 1950s and early 1960s, under Conservative governments.

Full article: BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Grammar schools - why all the fuss?

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Looking at the attached tables (from last weeks Accrington Observer )

GCSE - Accrington Observer

seems only one Hyndburn secondary school (St. Christophers) was in the top half of the Lancashire national average listing , four other Hyndburn schools are way down near the bottom of the table, Rhyddings being 3rd from the bottom , Norden not much higher.

Can anyone offer an explanation for these poor local showings ,maybe a local County Councillor , failing that a Hyndburn Councillor ... Know that a few Accy web parents have a children attending these schools, care to make a comment, are you happy with the education your child is getting.