Schools should look at lessening the importance of final exams such as Highers and Advanced Highers because they skew the picture of ability, said Keir Bloomer, a former education director and chief executive of Clackmannanshire Council.
“I think there is a sense in which the upper part of secondary school is very focused on a form of grading young people, the main purpose of which is to allow others to make judgements about their suitability for a variety of purposes including employment and entering into higher education.
“I don’t think that is one of the main purposes of education and it gets in the way of serious educational work with young people in their mid-teens in a way which I think is seriously distorting.”
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