I have friends with quite young children (under 10 years old) who are already showing signs of stress due to the pressure put upon them to pass pointless tests that make the teachers and politicians look good.

Too true. What a fuckin' shame this is being done to kids man. They wonder why the adolescent suicides rates around the world are skyrocketing. Nobody looks at the fucking society. They blame video games or something silly like that. Those games are probably what are helping kids survive nine times out of ten.

If I was a kid again I'd want to go to your school Graham. Great fun mate.
Children are always going to learn better if they're allowed to 'be' children while learning, rather than being forced to conform to some ridiculous regime.

Cheers man. I appreciate that, and I couldn't agree more.