Jon Andrews, Jo Hutchinson and Rebecca Johnes
Exploring the effects of grammar schools on attainment and social mobility in England, this policy paper tests the conflicting claims made around grammars.
Setting out to facilitate a more informed debate around the complex and controversial issues that surround selective education, the researchers ultimately find no evidence to suggest that educational standards in England would be improved by creating additional grammar schools. They suggest that at a national level more grammar schools would likely only lead to small gains in attainment for a minority of pupils, while additional grammar schools would likely to lead to increases in the aggregate attainment gaps between rich and poor children.
They conclude that in areas where there is already a high proportion of selection extra grammar school places would lead to small – but increasing – attainment losses for all pupils who do not attend grammar schools, with negative attainment effects hitting the poorest children hardest.
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