Jack Coates is going to send a letter to Boris Johnson about changing the school system

AN 11-year-old schoolboy has written to the Prime Minister to highlight the problem of stress in the classroom. 

Jack Coates, who goes to Abbey Park School in North Swindon, decided to pen his letter to Boris Johnson because he was already feeling exam pressure half way through his first year at secondary school. 
He thinks the UK education system should be run along the same lines as in Finland where there are no standardised tests apart from a voluntary test at the end of secondary school.

Jack said: “It’s not just the students it’s the teachers who are stressed too. I’ve been reading in the news about depression rising and I think that’s because of the pressures in school. It’s all about doing well at school but they’re not thinking about after you have finished. I want something to change because jobs are constantly changing and evolving but our schools, the education system, it isn’t changing."
 He told the Adver: “Finland has the best education in the world but the UK is seventh. Everything is better there, they’re smarter and they go to school less. I am happy with the school I go to, it’s not the school’s fault they’re just being told what to do but I think mental health should come first over education.