Sentences with phrase «into grammar schools»

Evidence shows pupil selection lowers the attainment of the children who do not get into grammar schools.

In fact, a study by academics from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the University of Cambridge and York University found that more than four times as many of the 22,000 Year Seven entrants into grammar schools each year were likely to come from private schools, compared with those on free school meals.

This report from the House of Commons Library has a good round - up of the research into grammar schools.

He said: «You can only get into a grammar school if you subject yourself to an entrance test.

The smoke of battle obscured the significance of how much energy and attention, from a Conservative - headed government, was focused on raising standards in non-selective state schools, with almost no diversionary forays into grammar schools, voucher schemes or funding private places.

The report, Poor Grammar: Entry into Grammar Schools for Disadvantaged Pupils in England, says pupils from very low income families are outnumbered by four to one in grammar schools by children from fee - paying prep schools.

However, he agreed that many pupils found their way into grammar schools because they had been heavily coached for the tests.

Maybe this is because the Department for Education is no longer spending any resource on looking into grammar school expansion.

A major piece of research by the Education Policy Institute into grammar schools and social mobility has been published today.

«Indeed, without far more success in getting poor children into grammar schools, the total attainment gaps between poor children and richer children could well increase.»

Speaking to the Observer, Roskilly said that this was a trend that could already be seen in areas that operated a selective system, where parents used fee - paying schools as «insurance» incase their children failed to get into a grammar school.

The public was relatively optimistic about the chances of a bright child from a disadvantaged background getting into a grammar school — 45 per cent of respondents thought there was some chance and 18 per cent thought there was a high chance.

Today's research notes that a pupil attending a preparatory school is around ten times more likely to get into a grammar school than a pupil on free school meals.

He found in this piece of research that children from prosperous families in Kent (the biggest area for selective schools in England) are more likely to get into grammar schools and also that in selective areas, poorer children overall get relatively worse GCSE results than they do in comprehensive areas.

Poorer children are less likely than wealthier children to get into grammar schools.

It follows concerns about wealthier families paying for coaching, giving their children a perceived better chance of getting into grammar school.

KCC has said it is looking for better social mobility, allowing more children from all walks of life to get into grammar schools.

A leading education researcher wants a new tax on private tutoring services, to help «level the playing field» for lower - income pupils trying to get into grammar schools.

A paper from the UCL Institute of Education shows that private tutoring means pupils from high - income families are much more likely to get into grammar schools than equally bright pupils from low - income families.