Professor John Robertson OBA

The above graph from Scottish Household Survey: Satisfaction with Schools, 2024, published today, shows a fall in the overall satisfaction satisfaction with Scottish schools by those adults who use them to 81%.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-household-survey-satisfaction-with-schools-2024/pages/satisfaction-with-schools/

There is no direct equivalent published in England but the figure for Wales for 2024/2025, after decades of Labour-rule, was 62%, down from 68% the previous year.

https://www.gov.wales/national-survey-wales-headline-results-april-2024-march-2025-html

Scotland’s 81% is 30.6% higher than 62% in Wales

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