Sentences with phrase «former grammar school boy»

There was said to be backbench disquiet that the push for more selection had been sidelined - and there will be scrutiny of whether Mr Hinds, a former grammar school boy, will be more sympathetic.

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However, former shadow home secretary David Davis recently criticised the abolition of grammar schools for creating a «dominance» of public school boys in top jobs which had «handicapped the intellectual capacity of the country».