Grammars accused of being ‘monopolised’ by rich as data reveals high private school intake and few poor pupils
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Grammars’ selection like ‘Wild West’, says 11+ designer
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England leads way on access to selective universities, but lessons to learn from other countries
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The 11 Plus can be accurate or fair, but not both
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Why aspirational families go the extra mile to selective schools
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Selective sixth-forms? Better than lending out the pool
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Selective schooling: A suitable vehicle for social mobility?
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DfE says FE so important the education secretary will lead on skills brief
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Selective education and social mobility | Letters
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Grammar students turn out no richer or healthier, parents told
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Legal bid in Birmingham grammar schools entrance row
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Academy trusts turn to ‘grammar streams’ in selective areas
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Children’s wellbeing unaffected by selective education, research shows
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Grammar school expansion still locking out the poor
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Grammar heads banned log showing ‘bias’ against free-meals pupils
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More than half of grammar school expansion bids failed
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A Friday thought: Should universities do more to help deliver non-selective schooling?
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Higher Education Policy Institute report on access: the debate rages on
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In this report, it’s the evidence that’s selective
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Grammar Schools? Select no
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Grammar school opponents need to find some new arguments
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Grammar schools are revolutionary for disadvantaged pupils
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Grammar schools and access to universities: HEPI report not an accurate or complete picture
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Grammar schools significantly increase the chances of disadvantaged pupils reaching highly-selective universities, especially Oxbridge
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Grammars boost poorer pupils’ chances of getting into top universities
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Pupils from the poorest families are twice as likely to get into Oxbridge if they attend a grammar school
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  • Jan 10, 2019
Poor pupils at grammar schools twice as likely to attend Oxbridge, study claims
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Beacon grammars could take more poorer pupils
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Grammars ‘are vital for social mobility’
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Is family support essential to getting into selective universities?
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  • Dec 14, 2018
French schoolkids tear-gassed by cops as firefighters clash with riot police a day after ‘worst Paris riots in 50 years’
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  • Dec 3, 2018
Kent council leader calls for 11+ coaching ban review
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Grammar schools: Even the BBC is waking up to the painful, divisive reality | Melissa Benn
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Drop prejudices against grammar schools, urges headteacher in BBC documentary
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Grammar school tests: How do children cope?
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Is selection and school choice hindering our work to close the education gap between rich and poor?
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Setting and selection 'hold back disadvantaged pupils'
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  • Apr 19, 2018
A Comprehensive University system? Why is the selection debate only focused on schools?
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Ministers consider allowing three grammar schools to open sister sites in a bid to expand
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Grammars beating ban on selective schools
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  • Feb 21, 2018
Opponents of selection, stay awake in the forthcoming months – our new education secretary is a fan of grammar schools
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  • Jan 27, 2018
Second new DfE minister has shown support for grammar school expansion
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  • Jan 10, 2018
The Weekend Read: Are we looking at a new generation of super-selective sixth forms?
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Grammar schools role out 1,000 extra places a year due to high demand from parents despite ban on new buildings
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Is parent power driving grammar school expansion?
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Education for a healthy democracy
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DfE 'must explain why its selective education team still exists'
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  • Oct 11, 2017
We need a new approach to social mobility
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Commission on Inequality in Education
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  • Jul 13, 2017
Lucy Powell MP: Putting social mobility at the heart of government policy means grammar schools need to change
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  • Jul 11, 2017
Tories quietly confirm they've shelved Theresa May's flagship plan for a wave of grammar schools
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  • Jun 27, 2017
The Queen's speech and education | Natalie Perera
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  • Jun 23, 2017
More grammar schools could open despite Tory U-turn, campaigners say
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  • Jun 22, 2017
Queen’s Speech needs to be good for children and young people, say ATL and NUT
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  • Jun 21, 2017
Queen's Speech: Grammar school expansion abandoned
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  • Jun 21, 2017
Queen’s speech: School leaders welcome axing of new grammar schools
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Public confused on grammars, research suggests
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New grammar schools expected to be absent from Queen's Speech – but poll finds 53 per cent of public support them
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  • Jun 21, 2017
Young people feel social mobility is getting worse but think education will improve
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  • Jun 15, 2017
Further blow for grammar schools plan as Ark boss speaks out against selection
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  • Jun 12, 2017
Joint ATL/NUT comment on General Election 2017
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  • Jun 9, 2017
Conservative's 'ordinary working class family' grammar school claim is ‘statistical jiggery-pokery’
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  • Jun 7, 2017
Views on plans for new grammar schools? #compfuture
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  • Jun 3, 2017
Daily roundup 30 May: Grammar schools, child maintenance, and piggy banks
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  • May 30, 2017
Just missing out on grammar school hits university hopes, study suggests
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  • May 24, 2017
Grammar schools unpopular with the young, but older voters back them, survey finds
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  • May 21, 2017
Getting the facts straight on education
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  • May 19, 2017
Grammar schools fail to help middle-income families
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  • May 19, 2017
New Tory pledges: school admissions review, lower EBacc target and student loan relief for teachers
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  • May 18, 2017
Parliamentary hopefuls targeted over funding
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  • May 17, 2017
The 11-plus is ‘like rolling a loaded dice’, researchers say
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  • May 10, 2017
In the few weeks left until the election, here are five things we can all do
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  • May 9, 2017
Anti-grammar schools campaign launches crowdfunding drive
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  • May 9, 2017
Where is Labour’s big thinking on education policy? | Fiona Millar
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  • May 9, 2017
Letters: the legacy of hurt and division created by grammar schools
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  • May 5, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 5 May 2017
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  • May 5, 2017
David Didau: why group socialisation theory argues against grammar schools
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David Didau unwittingly argues for selection
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Headteachers call for "vigorous campaign" against new grammar schools
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Limiting new grammars to MATs would avoid 'dead-ends' at 11, says senior MP
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Selective schooling has negative impact on UK children, say world education experts
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Pupils are less confident in countries with selective schools, OECD finds
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Teaching unions: Around the Easter conference halls
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The unlikely grammar school champion: 27-year-old from Bradford takes on teaching union
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Letters: close the grammar, free and faith schools
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Teacher defies NUT - backing grammar schools at union conference
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Peter Hitchens: why do our sleek elite hate Grammars?
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National Union of Teachers votes against grammar schools
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David Laws: it’s time for Theresa May to ditch damaging grammar school plans
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The Observer view on education and social mobility | Observer editorial
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Legal threat over ‘back door’ grammars
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Teachers threaten legal action over ‘backdoor grammars’
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Teachers poised to launch legal challenge over selective education plans
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  • Apr 14, 2017
Letters: Theresa May’s grammar school vanity project will institutionalise failure
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Teach First response to the Education Secretary's speech on 'ordinary working families'
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Grammar schools prioritising children from poorer backgrounds is a stupid idea – here’s why
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The government is committed to delivering a policy for the few at the expense of the many, says NAHT
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Grammar schools must serve 'ordinary families'
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Greening targets 'ordinary families' in grammar schools drive
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Don’t risk children’s potential with grammar school expansion, Bousted warns
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Don’t believe the hype – grammar schools won’t increase social mobility | Fiona Millar
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Church rejects plans for new grammars
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Heads say ‘no’ to Theresa May’s grammar ‘conversion’ consultation
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May’s adviser leading ministers ‘by the nose’ over grammars, former deputy PM claims
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  • Mar 23, 2017
Corbyn accuses May of breaking Tory pledge on education funding
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  • Mar 22, 2017
Nicky Morgan, Lucy Powell and Nick Clegg: we must help poorer pupils, but not through selection
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  • Mar 19, 2017
Ministers can no longer ignore protests over the school funding crisis | Geoff Barton
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  • Mar 14, 2017
All existing grammar schools to offer easier 11 plus to poorer students
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Our education system is failing. It’s time to give grammar schools a go | Letters
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Education Secretary Justine Greening heckled by head teachers over grammar school claims
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Ofsted chief warns ministers' plans for more selection send a 'difficult message' on social mobility
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ASCL 2017: Justine Greening heckled by heads over grammar plans
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Why do Tories love grammar schools?
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  • Mar 9, 2017
The return of the 11-plus is Theresa May’s first real Trump moment | Simon Jenkins
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  • Mar 9, 2017
When’s a green paper a white paper? When it’s called schools that work for everyone
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  • Mar 8, 2017
Does the 2017 Budget help extend opportunity to all of our young people?
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  • Mar 8, 2017
Grammar schools will improve the education system, writes Chris Roycroft-Davies
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Nicola Jennings on grammar schools – cartoon
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Headteachers say Theresa May's grammar schools plan is 'fundamentally wrong'
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'Vanity project': Labour condemns £500m for new grammar schools
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2017 Budget won’t tackle funding crisis in our schools
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Budget to lift spending on schools by £500m
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  • Mar 6, 2017
Theresa May paves way for new generation of grammar schools
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  • Mar 6, 2017
Report on academic selection echoes concerns raised by the NASUWT
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  • Feb 14, 2017
Grammar schools are off the agenda in Wales but selective education is on the way back in England
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  • Feb 13, 2017
Grammars 'unnecessary distraction', say MPs
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