Sentences with phrase «grammars improve social mobility»

While 23 per cent of people polled believed that grammar schools should be forced to accept children of all abilities, 35 per cent said they believed that grammars improve social mobility, with only 19 per cent thinking they damage social mobility and a further 27 per cent saying they make no difference at all.

However, responses were mixed when it came to grammar's effect on social mobility: 35 per cent held the view that grammars improve social mobility, while 19 per cent thought they damaged social mobility and a further 27 per cent believed they made no difference at all (20 per cent of respondents said they didn't know).

Not exact matches

The paper illuminates his backing for new grammar schools (May has at least one former minister on side with this policy it seems) coupled with concentrating on non-graduate routes into professions, encouraging kids to start - up businesses, among other ideas to improve social mobility.

More grammar schools are not the answer to improving social mobility and preparing Britain for the future

Improving social mobility through education is key but experts are unanimous that her reheated grammar school policy is not the way to achieve it.

The plans, first outlined by Prime Minister Theresa May, form a core part of her education reforms, including plans to open new grammar schools, which she claims will raise education standards, give more pupils access to a high quality education and improve social mobility.

The Commission has called on the government to rethink its plans for grammar schools and more academies, cautioning that there is no evidence either works to improve social mobility.

Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner said: «The continued obsession with grammar schools will do nothing for the vast majority of children, and it is absurd for ministers to push ahead with plans to expand them when the evidence is clear that they do nothing to improve social mobility.»