Year Six" ?? What the fuck is that ?? Some trendy American crap ??

No! It is not American. We don't have year anything. We have Grades )One(ages 5-7, depending on your birthdate) through Twelve (ages 15-18, depending on how quickly you get through your courses for diploma of which there are different levels).   

Like our ministers of education, he has forgotten the single most important rule.......IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!!

Don T - Working in a large county council I am constant witness to the (typically American) practice IF IT AIN'T BROKE, FIX IT UNTIL IT IS!!

The people making desicions re education content and format in some US states are not usually teachers. They may have degrees out the wazoo, but they wouldn't know jackshit from applebutter if you put them in a classroom and expected them to teach.

These are the eejits who take the authority and creativity away from the teachers for the sake of making themselves look all knowing. If teachers are demorailised how can they be excited and engaed in what they teach? Likewise, how can you expect any student to engage if the teacher is not?