OT: Anyone here know about scotland?

[geoschmo]

What I'm trying to find out isn't really about the poem so much, as about the educational system in Scotland in the 60's when she was growing up. I understand there are some differences to what I'm used to here in America. She refers to "high school" in her poem, but it doesn't sounds like what I think of as high school. More like a private school or something? What I have found out is there is primary school up to about age 12 and secondary school up to about age 14 or so? Does that sound right? And mostly only students with money and were planning on going to university went on beyond that cause the post secondary education was a private school that cost tuition and had uniforms. Does that sound right? Maybe not still, but in the 60's? And girls didn't usually go beyond secondary school? If any of you could describe the typical amount of school kids go through that might help.