Yes, it struck me that Gove just wanted to recreate his own (Grammar?) school days.
I also experienced the same Arts/Science split going into the 4th Year.
The EB is not as daunting as it looks.
Unless you attend a Cof E school you can knock Religious Education off the timetable in the first term of the 5th year, (in our nomenclature).
The biggest change is the opportunity to study both History & Geography. Both could not be timetabled back in the '70s, if you were taking all three Sciences.
She was a mature woman, who conceivably could have been a '50s Cambridge University CP member. I'm guessing she organised a school trip each year to Moscow, as we all got our visas without a problem.
Yes, it struck me that Gove just wanted to recreate his own (Grammar?) school days.
I also experienced the same Arts/Science split going into the 4th Year.
The EB is not as daunting as it looks.
Unless you attend a Cof E school you can knock Religious Education off the timetable in the first term of the 5th year, (in our nomenclature).
The biggest change is the opportunity to study both History & Geography. Both could not be timetabled back in the '70s, if you were taking all three Sciences.