No such thing as state schools any more. We have those that are academies, which means entirely self governing, often owned by dubious companies and those that are yet to become academies.

In answer to your question Mystery, because the Scots got all pissy about it and made a fuss, the English didn't. Mostly because they assumed everything was geared around us anyway, but now the Scots have shown us what we could have and didn't even know we were missing.