My son is likely to be among the first to be affected by the Higher Still changes, but despite the reams of controversy in the press - most of it generated by teachers and conducted in terms familiar to the profession - little or nothing has been done by the Government to tell parents what is going on.

Helen Liddell could pause for a moment in her scrapping with the teacher unions (and the SNP) and explain the Higher Still proposals to lay people with a close interest in their success.

Helen MacLaren

West Ferry, Dundee

6H Higher Still