Sentences with phrase «new grammar school places»

This week the Government announced plans for an extra # 50 million to create 4,000 new grammar school places.

«But we know there is more to do, and that's precisely why we have set out plans to make more good school places available, to more parents, in more parts of the country - including scrapping the ban on new grammar school places, and harnessing the resources and expertise of universities, independent and faith schools.»

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This was apparently the case with his plan to place a new emphasis on spelling and grammar in the primary school curriculum, which was trailed earlier this month.

John Howson, recruitment expert and honorary research fellow at the University of Oxford, described grammar schools as «a product of the nineteenth century that lingered overlong into the twentieth and have no place in the modern world» and said that to introduce new grammar schools without a comprehensive education plan would be «unbelievably short - sighted».

In a blog post John Howson, an honorary research fellow at the University of Oxford, described grammar schools as «a product of the nineteenth century that lingered overlong into the twentieth and have no place in the modern world» and said that to introduce new grammar schools without a comprehensive education plan would be «unbelievably short - sighted».

Ministers said last year that new grammar schools would have to take a proportion of pupils from lower - income households, however, the new requirements will be put in place in the 163 existing grammar schools as well.

The Department for Education said thousands were missing out on a place at a grammar because of the current ban on new selective schools.

Weald of Kent school in Tonbridge will open a site in Sevenoaks in September 2017 with places for 450 girls, sidestepping a ban on new grammar schools.

Sources suggest the areas where schools need to improve significantly are unlikely to be places where new grammars would appeal.

Grammar schools in England are being given the chance to create thousands of new places in a trimmed - down selective school expansion programme.

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Grammar schools in England will receive # 50m to create new places - and a route has been opened to create new faith schools, Education Secretary Damian Hinds has announced.

The new admission consultation comes a few weeks after schools minister David Laws said he was encouraged to see that some grammar schools were now using the pupil premium as part of their admissions criteria when offering places to pupils.

A spokesman for Croydon Council said the borough currently had no plans for grammar schools and would meet increased demand for school places by expanding existing schools and opening new comprehensives.

«That's why our consultation on creating more good school places in more parts of the country includes proposals to scrap the ban on new grammar schools — on the strict condition they improve the education of other pupils in the system — as well as harnessing the expertise and resources of our universities, and our independent and faith schools.»

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But new research published by the BBC today showed that fewer than half of England's grammar schools give poor pupils priority in allocating places.

New research has revealed the huge advantage rich families gain by using private tutors in the race for grammar school places.

It was revealed on Wednesday that ministers had invited grammar school leaders to apply for # 150m over three years for new selective school places.

While they waste time and energy on new grammars, they have nothing to say about falling school budgets, the crisis in teacher recruitment and retention, and the lack of good school places.