Sentences with phrase «of more grammar schools»

She tells BBC Radio 4's The World at One that she is in favour of more grammar schools saying they «are a welcome addition to the choice on offer to parents» and that they will be «a 21st century model of grammar school».

Labour oppose the creation of more grammar schools saying that instead of improving equality, they make it worse.

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The only problems were those of growth: new schools were needed, not just the new secondary modern schools, but more grammar schools.

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A damaging row over grammar schools policy, unease among the grassroots about the leadership's efforts to introduce more women and ethnic minority parliamentary candidates and Gordon Brown's self - assured performance as Prime Minister in the summer of 2007 imperilled the Tory recovery.

Support for grammars is strong across all age and income groups with a remarkable 85 % of 18 to 24 year - olds (many of whom will be first - time voters) wanting more grammar schools.

He could of course try to transform himself into a more conservative Conservative — championing an EU referendum and big tax cuts and withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights and new grammar schools and no gay marriage and no more onshore wind farms, and so on.

He is now restoring credibility to Tory education policy after the grammar schools fiasco - although some of the more striking of his policy announcements owe much to the under - acknowledged work of David Willetts.

The Tories do sometimes legislate for things that Labour would have done anyway, like get rid of Grammar schools, build more houses etc (not sure what SSM is), but their basic impulse is to resist progress.

Mr Farage said a number of his policies — such as one to bring back more grammar schools - appealed to Tory MPs who were slavishly voting «for a leader who appears to be more of a social democrat».

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However, the analysis outlined underlying factors which should be taken into account when reading the figures, including: grammar schools are more likely to be single - sex; co-educational schools have a higher proportion of poorer pupils; and girls are more likely to get good results.

He said: «The Liberal Democrats are the party of education, and that means we believe in an excellent education for all, so any plans to bring in more divisive grammar schools will be utterly opposed by my party.

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.

Speaking to the Guardian, Farron said: «The Liberal Democrats are the party of education, and that means we believe in an excellent education for all, so any plans to bring in more divisive grammar schools will be utterly opposed by my party.

The same analysis also found that pupils from poorer backgrounds who performed just as well as their more well off peers were still less likely to attend grammars, with 66 per cent of children who achieve level five in both English and Maths at Key Stage 2 who are not eligible for free school meals going to a grammar school compared with 40 per cent of similarly high achieving children who are eligible for free school meals.

Only 38 per cent of people believe that the government should build more grammar schools and encourage more schools to select on academic ability, according to a YouGov poll.

Public Opinion A YouGov poll found that only 38 per cent of people believe the government should build more grammar schools and encourage more schools to select on academic ability, which suggests there isn't a huge amount of public support for the idea.

She said: «Teachers and heads in the thousands of existing state schools in the UK which are facing real - terms cuts in funding for their pupils will be dismayed to see the Chancellor throwing more money at free schools and grammar schools.

These policies consisted of lower university tuition fees, ranked the best measure by 23 per cent, and more grammar schools, ranked by eight per cent.

In addition to this, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) general secretary, Mary Bousted, believes that the Chancellor is «throwing more money at free schools and grammar schools».

The results also found that when it came to the more personal choice of which school people would choose to send their own children to, grammars appeared much more popular.

And of course it tended to perpetuate class divisions, as better - off kids with better - educated parents were much more apt to make it into (and want to enter) the grammar schools.

Jenny Whittle, chairman of the council's grammar schools and social mobility select committee, said: «We can't impose our recommendations, but I really do believe that there is a spirit of co-operation and a real willingness to see more children from poorer backgrounds benefit from a selective education.»

At present, 80 per cent of high - achieving children from more affluent backgrounds in Kent attend grammar schools whereas in poorer families, it is only only 57 per cent.

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.

Or, if we look at grammar schools or independent schools, many of which are not only selective but also more academic and less vocational which in itself can close off certain avenues for students.

People have a romantic view of what the grammar school system is like but its just not the same any more.»

The variety of educational institutions found in the UK now, with three different kinds of academies, four major types of maintained schools, as well as independent and grammar schools, means there is even more distinct variations in approaches to teaching and learning, ethos and goals.

But Powell says that more than half of grammar - sponsored schools (53 per cent) and university - sponsored schools (57 per cent) are less than good.

Half of academies sponsored by grammar schools are rated as requiring improvement or inadequate, casting doubt on the effectiveness of government plans to get more selective schools running other nearby schools.

She urged Theresa May to rethink her proposals to allow more selective education including the opening of new grammar schools.

The Colonial Act of 1647, also known as the Old Deluder Satan law, mandated that every town with more than fifty households would hire a teacher, and once a town had more than 100 families, a grammar school would have to be established.

«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.

Committee chair, Neil Carmichael, said that since the plans for more grammars had been announced «the air has been thick with the sound of claims and counter-claims on the benefits and disadvantages of grammar schools».

For example, grammar school pupils tend to outperform pupils of similar ability at other types of schools where the ability range is more mixed.

Education Secretary Justine Greening has published plans calling for more selective schools in England, and a Department for Education spokesman said any new grammars would «prioritise the admission of disadvantaged pupils».

Commenting on the Education Select Committee's report on the Government's case for creating new grammar schools, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: «The Government has failed to provide evidence that more selection in schools will improve education for all children and not harm the majority.

Grammar schools - state - funded schools that select pupils on the basis of ability - are facing increasing pressure to become more socially inclusive, amid government plans to increase the number of them.

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 faGrammar 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 famSchool 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 fagrammar 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 famschool, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer families.

Research author and associate director at EPI, Jo Hutchinson, said the decline in the benefits of grammar school education would be seen most in areas with more selection.

There are 19 local authorities where more than 10 per cent of pupils are in grammar schools.

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».

Before opening any more grammars, the government would have to change the law, which at present outlaws the creation of new grammar schools in England.

But she said there would not be a return of a «binary system» of grammars and secondary moderns and that the changes were part of a package of reform, including greater involvement of universities and independent schools in the state system and the opening of more faith schools.

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.

Yet many of the good and outstanding schools in Kent are grammars and, according to research from Education Datalab, grammar schools in this area are more likely to attract and retain many of the best teachers.

Grammar schools attempting to show they can reform by taking more pupils from low income families could be «put off» by higher levels of teacher turnover, it has been warned.

But this research, based on the detailed results of nearly 550,000 pupils, suggests once the ability and social background of pupils is taken into account, grammar schools are no more or less effective than other schools.

Northern Ireland's 66 grammar schools tend not to prioritise pupils on free school meals, but they are more socially inclusive anyway, with a higher proportion of pupils from poorer backgrounds.