Catholic Schools
I can't say anything about Catholic high schools, I went to a state high school.

I did find when I moved from a Catholic primary school to a state primary school at the age of nine I was a year and a half ahead of my classmates in every subject.

Perhaps it was just a particularly rubbish state primary, they made use of me as a gofer for all of year six.

My brother and I were moved from the Catholic school as they refused to acknowledge his dyslexia despite a statement of specific educational needs from the Dyslexia Institute.
(herefromthere, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 3:03, 2 replies)

Dyslexia Institute
Sadly, every parent who takes their child to the aforementioned institute comes away with a massive missive telling them that their child is dyslexic.

Sadly, too, state schools don't have anywhere near the funding to deal with every aspect of individual children's specific needs. We get about three bob (15p in today's money) and some lego we found down the back of the settee, and are expected to cure the needs of all children.
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Mon 23 Mar 2009, 22:25, closed)

Indeed. When I moved from a Catholic primary to a secular secondary
(and a good secondary at that) I found that we'd been taught all sorts of things that hadn't featured in others' primary educations. We were way ahead (to the extent that year 7 was pretty boring). The maths teacher had us do his filing while he taught the rest of the class.
(Skittlemcfluff ......................, Tue 24 Mar 2009, 11:31, closed)