Ludo Thierry
Continued encouraging figures released by Chief Statistician today regarding the 95% of Scottish school-leavers achieving positive destinations. (Highest recorded rate since 2009 – 2010. Howd’ya like them green apples Jackson?). Link and snippet below:
https://news.gov.scot/news/school-leaver-attainment-and-destinations-3
Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published statistics on the initial destinations and attainment of 2018-19 school leavers.
The results also show that 95.0% of 2018-19 school leavers were in a positive destination three months after leaving school, the highest rate since 2009-10. Positive destinations include higher education, further education, employment, training, personal skills development and voluntary work.
Compared to the previous year (2017-18) there was a decrease in the proportion of leavers in Higher Education, from 41.1% to 40.3%, and an increase in the proportion in Further Education from 26.5% to 27.3%. The proportion of school leavers who were unemployed fell from 5.0% in 2017-18 to 4.5% in 2018-19.
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
I have no qualms about the Scottish Secondary Education. The children leave their 6th year as mature adults, much more knowledgeable and thought producing, for their future. My Grandson has just left school and taken a year out, found a job and just found he has gained a place in Uni next year in Journalism.
His sister 2 years younger has achieved 8 A’s in her 4th year at school and dedicated to studying for equal results in her 5th & 6th year. Don’t listen to the Tory and Lib Dem’s and Labour, they have no mandates and only know how to criticise the Scottish Parliament to put them down, to make people loose faith in what the Parliament are doing. It takes years to change a system, with new schools and nurturing a child, to take an interest in learning.
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