Recently there has been a lot written and commented on, about the Finnish education system. Global league tables usually show Finland to have the best education system in the world. My family and I have been based in Finland for over a year now and are living the difference between the UK education system and that of Finland. We came here because we could. My wife is Finnish. Only last year we discovered there was an English stream in the local school, so we decided to make the move. The kids have three years to transfer into ‘Finnish’ classes. They really love it here. I can’t help wondering, are there other valuable lessons that can be learned, for the rest of the…
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