Julie McCulloch, Director of Policy at the Association of School and College Leaders, comments on the government press release about the creation of new school and sixth form places.
“While we welcome the creation of new school and sixth form places, we would urge the government against creating super-selective standalone sixth forms. Its press release gives this impression by saying that the aim is to open ‘academically focused’ 16 to 19 free schools to increase the number of disadvantaged young people progressing to top universities.
