Now I see why Poms are such stupid clots, My grown up girls are both currently teachers in England after previously teaching in New Zealand and Australia. They have very strong views about the poor quality of UK state education system, partic when stacked up against the far superior Australasian systems.
I was doing some research to decide which was the better one for my young girls and came across the education ranking in Wikipedia. Which explains a lot for me.
Australia ranks ahead of even the Scandinavian countries whereas the UK ranks dismal 30th.
Education Index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia