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Comparison of progression levels in Scottish and Welsh education systems Scotland's education system is distinct from the rest of the UK, but the divergence became clearer following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. The first Act the new parliament passed, the Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act (2000) emphasised the 'presumption of mainstreaming', the assumption that all children would attend their local school, although the process had been evident from the 1990s (Pirrie, 2008). The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland)
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