Re: I'm so fed up...
 

Well according to the tests that's definitely not true. Some other countries are better than both Australia and UK :)

Re: I'm so fed up...
 

And what tests would that be? You seem to know a lot?

Re: I'm so fed up...
 

I'm a Kip McGrath tutor, and so far, I'm quite impressed with the standards. I'm also doing some casual work in a high school (I'm Primary trained) til my Teacher Registration comes through, and there's a lot of very good work going on. And I'm comparing it to the Northern Ireland education system, which is top notch, well it was til Catriona Ruane decided to get rid of the 11+/Transfer system! (What a muppet she is!) So panic not...

Re: I'm so fed up...
 

From the 2 major international independent tests it doesn't seem like there is enough in it to worry:

TIMSS 2007 Maths Year 8

England 513 (after 9 years of schooling)
Australia 498 (after 8 years of schooling)
Scotland 487 (after 9 years of schooling)

PISA 2003 Maths (all students approx 15yo)

8th Australia 524
8th Scotland 524
12th Northern Ireland 515
17th Ireland 503
20th Wales 498

* England did not provide enough results for accurate testing in PISA 2003