Quote Originally Posted by Badly Ironed Shirt View Post
True enough, and part of my reasoning should have been that mechanisms exist that allow kids to move from academic paths into vocational ones. It would relieve pressure on those teachers who are finding a lot of time is spent on kids who have neither the aptitude nor the interest to do well (sorry if that sounds harsh).
There are, you choose your subjects at GCSE level and at A Level

About 75% of the kids who sit A Levels are driven/motivated and the additional pressure from teachers & parents (in some cases) alongside the strain of continual homework/mocks/coursework leads to the stresses and anxieties many feel at this time of year