Sentences with phrase «to expand grammar schools»

More than 1,000 adults took part in the online survey after the conservative party confirmed plans to expand grammar schools in its manifesto.

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «We are disappointed that the government has decided to spend scarce funding on expanding grammar schools.»

She said: «The impact of expanding grammar schools will be to expand the private tuition market into areas of England which our data show have relatively low levels at the moment.

Philip Hammond's 2017 Budget will be remembered as a missed opportunity for education, says Russell Hobby When the government announced extra money to expand grammar schools yesterday, it...

A government consultation on its plans to expand grammar schools reveals widespread fears about selection

Mr White said head teachers wanted the government to focus on the practical necessities before being «distracted» by policies such as expanding grammar schools.

Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Education Kirsty Williams has reiterated the Welsh Liberal Democrats» opposition to grammar schools returning to Wales after a cross-party report raised concerns about plans to expand grammar schools in England.

GMB General Secretary Tim Roache called the figures «a wake - up call», while ATL General Secretary Mary Bousted said: «Instead of wasting money on expanding grammar schools, the government needs to put the money where it will make the most difference, funding existing schools adequately.»

But her decision to resuscitate the idea of expanding grammar schools will shake things up, and not in ways the new administration might entirely like.

When the government announced extra money to expand grammar schools yesterday, it was clear today's Budget would offer nothing for existing schools.

Head teachers from secondary schools in North Somerset have written a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May, asking her to reconsider plans to expand grammar schools.

«School rolls are rising dramatically and we must be allowed to expand grammar schools in line with all other categories and types of school.

A new attempt is being made to expand a grammar school in Kent a year after a similar proposal was turned down.

Overall, the report debunks government claims that expanding grammar schools will boost social mobility.

They were even more livid when they found that the government had found money to expand grammar schools - and have written angry letters asking which services they should cut in their own schools.

They also ask about how during «chronic funding shortages» the Department for Education can afford to expand grammar schools and to open free schools.

«There is no good justification for wasting funding on expanding grammar schools, which will not benefit most children, or continuing to allow free schools or academies to open where school places are not needed.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of ATL, responds to Government plans to expand grammar schools.

The public appears to be split about whether government plans to expand grammar schools should go ahead or not, after a survey found over half would support the...

On the matter of the # 50 million put aside to expand grammar schools, Young claimed the unexpected election result meant that while more new selective schools were unlikely, the cash could still be used to allow grammar schools to expand satellite sites.

The election result also meant that all of us with an eye on pupil numbers and budgets have kept watch on moves to expand grammar schools.

At an education select committee this morning the schools minister also said that both new and expanding grammar schools would face a «requirement that they have to demonstrate how they will improve the social mix», and said the government's consultation included plans to enforce this through admissions and funding sanctions.