The Conservatives will review admissions to «overcome the unfairness of selection by house price» but says it will never introduce a mandatory lottery - based school admissions policy. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
Speaking to the 1922 committee of backbench Conservative MPs, May reportedly defended the idea of selection by saying: «We have already got selection haven't we - it's called selection by house price.» (educationbusinessuk.net)
However, according to Geoff Barton, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, while it sounds like a good way on paper to «overcome the unfairness of selection by house price», it could prevent less well - off kids from attending their local schools. (schoolsweek.co.uk)