Federation popular with pupils, Education minister tells IoD
SEVEN out of 10 students did not find it difficult working with those from other schools under Education's federation of secondary schools, minister Robert Sillars said yesterday.
Latest figures from a survey of students showed 95% thought federated courses were a good idea and 74% would like the opportunity to attend more than one federated course.
Deputy Sillars said the federation was launched in September last year with just a single computer science GCSE run at St Sampson's, but just a year later they would be offering up to 14 federated courses.
The feedback from pupils was announced by the minister as he spoke at the last in a series of lunch seminars from the Institute of Directors, at which he hailed the success of the federation in delivering a new structure for secondary education.
'This is what real innovation and education in the 21st century is about,' he said.
