There were also questions about whether this push
for academic selection should be a priority when there had been so many concerns about vocational skills shortages.
There is little evidence that pupils from low socio - economic backgrounds are more likely to succeed against the odds
when academic selection is used to sort pupils into different secondary schools.
For such a move, grammar school campaigners would have to make the argument that
academic selection goes hand in hand with social mobility.
While people may think the passing of the old 11 - plus system was a bad thing, there is less support for the reintroduction
of academic selection in schools.
But the blight caused
by academic selection at 11 is not just economic the damage done to» 11 + failures» can last throughout life, affecting self - worth, ambition and confidence.
Theresa May's policy to
expand academic selection by allowing grammar schools to expand and other schools to select some of their pupils is an exercise in Orwellian double think.
A Department for Children, Schools and Family spokesman said it did not
support academic selection at 11 and that parents could vote to abolish it in their area.
There's little evidence disadvantaged pupils are more likely to succeed when academic selection used
Opinion
on academic selection varied but there was a feeling children should have been consulted on the new system.
Mr Brady is far from alone in his party in questioning the move away
from academic selection, with the former grammar school pupil calling for an increase in grammar schools in inner cities.
It dramatically restarted a row
over academic selection at the age of 11 which for almost 20 years had been quietly sidelined.
The report continued: «Rather, if anything, the opposite may hold true — countries with
more academic selection into secondary schools have the same amount of, or fewer, resilient pupils.»
«In fact, the opposite may be the case; in countries
where academic selection is prominent, the socio - economic gap in science scores tends to be greater.»
The Department for Education said there were no plans to
end academic selection in grammars schools, but there may be more collaboration between them and non-selective schools.
Yet despite the DfE report stating that the PISA data «provided little support» to arguments that
academic selection boost the progress of the most disadvantaged pupils, ministers said the PISA results support plans for more grammar schools.
That this House believes that every child throughout the UK must be given the opportunity to reach their full potential; further believes that there is no evidence that
additional academic selection in the school system will improve social mobility; and calls on the Government to instead concentrate on providing the best education possible for all children.
«I believe that an increase in pupil segregation on the basis
of academic selection would be at best a distraction from crucial reforms to raise standards and narrow the attainment gap and at worse risk actively undermining six years of progressive education reform.»
Sir Michael Wilshaw's CBI speech wasn't
about academic selection but about a move to high - quality vocational education being an equal status option available to all students
All of this while one in every five students in England currently attends a school affected
by academic selection.
Pushing
for academic selection to drive up educational standards has been a key pillar of Tory policy for decades, but David Cameron's new - look party has shifted support for grammar schools.
This created a rift in the party, with Tory Europe spokesman Graham Brady quoted in the Times pointing to data which appears to
support academic selection.
While most hiring mangers require no more than a two - page summary of a candidate's history,
academic selection committees expect CVs to go on for many pagesâ $» as many as a candidate requires in order to present his or her credentials in full detail.
Right - wing MPs remain angry at Mr Cameron's decision to drop his party's long - standing commitment to
academic selection.
Leading an opposition day debate on education and social mobility, Rayner said: «The purpose of today's debate is to send a message that members of all parties are committed to an evidence - based approach to education policy and not pursuing the failed policy of
academic selection - because we know that this policy is not the answer to Britain's social mobility crisis and the government knew that too until very recently.»
The girls» school will accommodate 450 places, allocated by
academic selection.
We are committed to fighting all forms of
academic selection, and phasing out grammar schools in areas where they now operate.
The report also looked at the impact
the academic selection of grammar schools had on other schools that the grammar pupils could have gone to.
Congress asks the TUC to work with all the education unions, and all stakeholders, including parents, to oppose any increase in
academic selection.
But Professor Stephen Gorard from Durham University said the evidence of the results did not support claims that
academic selection would boost overall performance.
These inequalities of birth, exacerbated by
academic selection, continue throughout life.
Sir Michael Wilshaw's CBI speech wasn't about
academic selection but about a move to high - quality vocational education being an equal status option available to all students Sir Michael...
The education minister said she did not want
any academic selection and that the government may withdraw funding for any new testing procedure that some grammar schools might introduce.
Academic selection is not allowed in the junior schools sponsored by grammars, nor in any other non-selective school it takes over.
Campaigners who oppose the expansion of
academic selection are «exploring the possibility of legal action» over government plans to encourage existing grammar schools to expand.
National policies over the past few decades have ignored that
academic selection has even been taking place.
But they've never been away, with one in five students in England attending a school affected by academic selection
They will be up against much of the educational establishment, as well as the opposition parties, who will argue that
academic selection is a direct obstacle to social mobility and that it is really about social selection.
But free schools are non-selective and are officially described as» «all - ability» schools, so can't use
the academic selection processes of grammar schools».
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all academic selections, and 1 All - Region selection in the NCCAA.