Originally Posted by Maggy J

I have to say I've been rather disturbed by the way students are educated.It's about getting on with the syllabus but not about making sure that they have a basis to build on.Many,many times I've felt that a group have not grasped a subject in any depth before they are moved on to the next bit of the syllabus and the relevent boxes get ticked off.The problem is that later when they have to get to the next stage(particularly in maths,languages,English and science) because they didn't grasp the basics the year before they have difficulty the next year when a subject is revisited at the next stage they should be at.Some students especially the lower ability groups never can quite catch up.And yet if they were given more time in the first place they might possibly raise their standard to the next keystage level.