Sentences with phrase «ban on new grammar schools»
The government wants to overturn the existing ban on new grammar schools, and will spend # 50 million a year helping existing selective schools to expand.
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Lord Willets spoke out on the Today programme after a government document snapped by a photographer yesterday confirmed the Department for Education was drawing up plans to lift the 18 - year ban on new grammar schools.
A vote to lift the 19 - year ban on new grammar schools could be postponed until after the next election to guarantee its passage through parliament, Schools Week understands.
Lifting the ban on new grammar schools in the UK should not be given the green light without considering the impact on the teacher recruitment crisis, a recruitment expert has warned.
More than 100 Conservative Party MPs are expected to call for the ban on new grammar schools to be scrapped, according to a report from the Telegraph.
According to the Telegraph, activist group Conservative Voice will formally launch a campaign to scrap the ban on new grammar schools now Theresa May is Prime Minister.
Grammar proponents Following from Greening's comments, the Telegraph published an article claiming that «100 Tory MPs back scrapping the ban on new grammar schools», adding further fuel to the fire.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Timothy said he believes that the ban on new grammar schools was «arbitrary» and should e scrapped, as it was denying many parents the right to choose the most appropriate education for their children.
Nick Timothy, the head of the New Schools Network (NSN), has called for an end to the ban on new grammar schools to give parents more choice.
Weald of Kent school in Tonbridge will open a site in Sevenoaks in September 2017 with places for 450 girls, sidestepping a ban on new grammar schools.
That's why we will scrap the ban on new grammar schools and make more good school places available, to more parents, in more parts of the country.»
As the first mainstream comprehensively - educated MP in the education secretary role, one of her first actions was to announce plans to overturn the ban on new grammar schools.
More than 100 Tory MPs are expected to back scrapping the ban on new grammar schools as a campaign launches this week to secure the change now Theresa May is in Number 10.
This includes scrapping the ban on new grammar schools, and harnessing the resources and expertise of universities, faith schools and independent schools.»
It comes after the the Sunday Telegraph said PM Theresa May was planning to scrap the ban on new grammar schools in a bid to boost «social mobility».
«That's why our consultation on creating more good school places in more parts of the country includes proposals to scrap the ban on new grammar schools — on the strict condition they improve the education of other pupils in the system — as well as harnessing the expertise and resources of our universities, and our independent and faith schools.»
«includes proposals to scrap the ban on new grammar schools — on the strict condition they improve the education of other pupils in the system»
«But we know there is more to do, and that's precisely why we have set out plans to make more good school places available, to more parents, in more parts of the country - including scrapping the ban on new grammar school places, and harnessing the resources and expertise of universities, independent and faith schools.»
The education secretary allowed Weald of Kent school in Tonbridge to open an annexe in Sevenoaks, sidestepping a ban on new grammar schools in England.
The policy document consulted on plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools, a proposal that was dropped last year following the Conservatives» poorer - than - expected performance in June's election.
Teachers are «almost unanimous» in rejecting government proposals to lift the ban on new grammar schools, according to research by The Fair Education Alliance (FEA), which found four...
The government also confirmed it is still considering responses to its consultation on lifting the ban on new grammar schools among other reforms.
These proposals include lifting the ban on new grammar schools - on the strict condition they improve the education of other pupils in the system - as well as harnessing the expertise and resources of our universities, and our independent and faith schools.
It is the latest in a series of U-turns on controversial manifesto policies and comes after plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools were shelved.
Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has taken aim at government plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools as he enters his final term as chief inspector, claiming a return to selection would be a «profoundly retrograde step».
The party wants to lift the ban on new grammar schools and make existing selective institutions, universities and independent schools set up free schools.
Gibb was probed on whether the government should remove a ban on new grammar schools, thought to be something being weighed up by Prime Minister Theresa May, in front of an audience of more than 4,000 educationalists at the Teach First Impact Conference in Leeds today.
May's pledge to scrap the ban on new grammar schools will almost certainly form a key part of the Conservative Party's manifesto.
The Conservative Party has confirmed plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools in its manifesto, a move which will guarantee the policy will go ahead if they win the election.