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The status/importance that modern parents put on primary schooling has a lot to answer for.
Our of interest do you have any reading on why the quality/attainment of primary schools aren't important?
Nothing official (and not on the effect of outcomes for the children themselves as I'm not interested in worrying about that), just local anecdotes of individual schools.
Some of the best primary schools around me now were dogshit ~10 years ago. Some of the best primary schools around us 10 years ago are now on the verge of being dogshit.
As @greentricky said:
There is also the option to let your kids go to local shit school, join the PTA, fund raise, lobby, be that noisy parent and be a force for good in helping improve your community
Indeed. One of the dogshit ones 10 years ago got rid of their awful head, got someone new in who had amazing energy and vision and started to turn the school around. This, in turn, brought enthusiasm from the parents and everything improved massively. Now it's one of the schools that everyone wants to try and get their kid into.
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Our of interest do you have any reading on why the quality/attainment of primary schools aren't important?
Always interested in this stuff.