«We have set out our proposals to look at introducing
more grammar schools where local communities want that.»
But Mr Willetts insisted yesterday the Tories had not ruled out building
more grammar schools where necessary.
Not exact matches
«I think we need to be able to move this debate on and look at things as they are today, and maybe step away from a
more old - fashioned debate around
grammar schools and work out
where they fit in today's landscape.»
Where it is different from the
more traditional comprehensive or
grammar school routes is that relationships with industry are considered to be an integral seam between education and preparing the student for the world of work.
«You might expect that
where you have
more grammar schools, you will have
more of the really top students, that's not what we've seen,» said Mr Schleicher.
For example,
grammar school pupils tend to outperform pupils of similar ability at other types of
schools where the ability range is
more mixed.
Barry Sindall, chief executive of the
Grammar School Heads Association, quoted from a 2008 Sutton Trust study which suggested that the social make - up of grammar schools was often more diverse than that of the top 100 comprehensives where entrance is decided on proximity to the school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer fa
Grammar School Heads Association, quoted from a 2008 Sutton Trust study which suggested that the social make - up of grammar schools was often more diverse than that of the top 100 comprehensives where entrance is decided on proximity to the school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer fam
School Heads Association, quoted from a 2008 Sutton Trust study which suggested that the social make - up of
grammar schools was often more diverse than that of the top 100 comprehensives where entrance is decided on proximity to the school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer fa
grammar schools was often
more diverse than that of the top 100 comprehensives
where entrance is decided on proximity to the
school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer fam
school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer families.
«In the areas
where there are
more places, the benefits are going to be
more diluted for those children in the
grammar schools, as they become
more like mixed ability
schools.»
There are 19 local authorities
where more than 10 per cent of pupils are in
grammar schools.
Secondary
schools in areas
where the brightest pupils are selected for
grammar schools will be
more likely to be classed as coasting under the government's newly revealed definitions.
Rayner received a warm reception at the Association of
School and College Leaders annual conference in Birmingham this afternoon,
where she attacked plans for new
grammar schools and called for money allocated for free
schools to be spent «
more fairly».
In areas
where there are large numbers of
grammar schools, such as Kent, Medway, Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire, many
schools lose
more than a fifth of their potential bright pupils to
grammars.
His parents, who had a General Motors dealership, sent him to Geelong
Grammar School, one of the leading private
schools, «
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