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An extract from Class Rules: the truth about Scottish schools by James McEnaney.
By James McEnaney
In recent years one fairly radical idea – at least for Scotland – has attracted increasing levels of attention and widespread support: changing the age at which pupils start school. Right now, children in Scotland start primary school at either four or five – but many believe that this should not happen until the age of seven.
Although we naturally assume that our traditional approach represents...
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