A move to scrap grammar schools and abolish the 11-plus exam will be launched today.
The Time’s Up For The Test campaign aims to axe the transfer exam and end academic selection.
It has been backed by several senior Labour figures, including peer Christine Blower, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and former spin doctor Alastair Campbell.
The second reading of the School Reform of Pupil Selection Bill will take place in the House of Lords on tomorrow.
Introduced by Baroness Blower, it asks secondary schools in England to adopt the ‘comprehensive principle’ and draw up plans to phase out admission tests.
