Sentences with phrase «creation of new grammar schools»

I left school on the same year Labour baned the creation of new grammar schools.

Bring back the «three Rs», re-introduce student grants, encourage the creation of new grammar schools;

In 1998, Tony Blair's Labour party passed laws banning the creation of new grammar schools.

The creation of new grammar schools was outlawed in 1998, but existing grammar schools are allowed to expand.

Before opening any more grammars, the government would have to change the law, which at present outlaws the creation of new grammar schools in England.

Action has been threatened by opponents who says the expansion would amount to the creation of a new grammar school, which is banned under the 1998 School Standards and Framework Act.

Since the policy was announced, the government has sought to defend its plans from a barrage of criticism from politicians of all colours, academics and the schools community, who have warned that the creation of new grammar schools could deepen existing social divides.

Former schools adjudicator Alan Parker told Schools Week that while the Swindon Academy move was likely «sanctioned by DfE, it does tend to subvert the 1998 legislation that forbade the creation of new grammar schools».