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.
And we are having the wrong debate our education system. We obsess about A-levels and Oxbridge and pay next to no attention to FE or vocational training.
Yep, Secondary schools sell themselves upon the number of pupils in their 6th Form/Oxbridge candidates/Russell Group entrants.
A cynic might think Academies are only interested in becoming Grammar schools by stealth.
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.