In a few weeks’ time, we will have another Prime Minister and just like the last three years, the entire focus of the Conservative leadership campaign has been centred on Brexit. I appreciate that whoever takes up the mantle will urgently need to look at resolving the Brexit issue but it would also be nice…
When selective education was scrapped in the 1960s in favour of the ‘fairer’ comprehensive system many believed we were entering a brave new world, where everyone could learn on an equal footing. Fast forward 50 years and the stark reality is that the very people comprehensives were supposed to help are the ones that are…
The first round of government funding to allow grammar schools to expand is underway – and the pre-requisite is that poorer children are given more access to these schools. Some grammars – such as Bournemouth School for Girls – have changed their admission policies to try and enable this. In Bournemouth, they have given higher…
We have just entered 2019 and the debate about grammar schools shows no sign of abating. Since Theresa May looked into overturning the ban on new grammar schools there has been much hand wringing from critics who claim they do not help poorer children. Their arguments are often based on the very small number of…
Further evidence of the demand for grammar school places has been revealed in newly released government data. It shows there are 11,000 more grammar school pupils in England now than there were in 2010. And if the current rate of growth continues, the equivalent of 24 extra grammar schools will have been added by 2021…