Thank you for making my point. Indeed, these factors did exist when 'prog' polices were in place. NI has had 20 years of a 'prog' curriculum unlike England, and these factors have increased. Which is why the inference that they are caused by trad policies is utterly incorrect
Interesting how wider societal factors suddenly matter when the outcomes of trad-backed reforms are questioned. Those factors existed when progressive education was being blamed for everything too. Surely 14 yrs of reform warrants scrutiny, not defensiveness?