) and has one of the most equitable school systems in the OECD. This review examines the strengths of Scotland’s schools and …Scotland consistently performs at a very high standard in OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA … than others to under-achieve. A second challenge for Scotland is to achieve broader and more successful participation in …

How much choice should parents and pupils have over which school to attend? This question has been at the centre of … allocating public school places according to residence have been relaxed. Public subsidies to private schools have sometimes been … seen as a way of broadening choice. Recent experience shows that policies to increase school choice bring dangers as well …

of the steps policy makers can take to build school systems that are both equitable and excellent. The analysis is …