Sutton Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl said: 'England remains an outlier on the international stage in terms of the different educational pathways offered to children during their formative years. It says the current rules based on proximity to a school promote social divisions. (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) youth. Jeffrey Fishberger of the Trevor Project is taking readers’ questions about anxiety, depression, bullying and suicide prevention in L.G.B.T.Q. The report, called Choice and Selection in School Admissions: the experience of other countries, also calls for a review into school admissions. This week on the Consults blog, the psychiatrist Dr. The report states: 'This would then become the natural starting point for an array of awards taking young people in different directions.' The Sutton Trust report says that moving GCSEs forward two years would also fit in well with plans to increase the school age to 18. Instead Education Secretary Michael Gove told the BBC at the weekend that he wanted to make GCSEs more rigorous and focused on a final exam rather than coursework. The government is due to release its schools white paper this week, but this is unlikely to include plans for GCSEs to become an exam for 14-year-olds. The English system of testing at 16 by contrast is an 'untidy mix', says the report. Exams at 14 gave them more defined career and further education choices. The report looked at education systems across 30 countries and found pupils benefit by having exams at an earlier age than 16.
