Sentences with phrase «of new grammar schools»

The green paper is expected to reveal plans for new laws which will overturn the 1998 ban on the opening of new grammar schools.

The «Schools that work for everyone» consultation ran throughout autumn 2016 in preparation for the planned introduction of new grammar schools.

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.

The Labour government, led by Tony Blair, introduced the law in 1998 that banned the opening of new grammar schools in England, but new Education Secretary Justine Greening said that the government should be «open minded» about repealing the ban, citing that the education landscape had changed dramatically over the past few years.

But she said Ms Greening was looking at the issue of new grammar schools as well as other areas of education policy.

Further doubt has also been cast by Scottish MPs, who would not usually vote on English education issues, but have indicated they may use any potential financial impact of new grammar schools on their country as a reason to defy convention.

David Cameron was forced to square up to the grassroots in June after his former education spokesman David Willetts said the Conservative party would not support the building of any new grammar schools.

In well - trailed proposals, May defended her plans to create hundreds of new grammar schools - as Labour warned that children who fail to get into them will be left to «rot».

Laws were passed in 1998 preventing the construction of new grammar schools, however the new «annexe» in Sevenoaks was approved as a «expansion», and has led to other grammar schools expressing an interest to do the same.

Farron's comments come amid speculation that Theresa May's government may look to repeal the law blocking the opening of new grammar schools introduced under the Labour government in 1998.

A number of prominent Conservative MPs on Theresa May's Cabinet, including Liam Fox and David Davis, have been vocal proponents of grammar schools, and Education Secretary Justine Greening has said that the government should be «open minded» to the idea of new grammar schools as the education landscape has changed over the last few years.

Despite this year's election result, Brady said he still expected the government to run a «modest» pilot of new grammar schools.

Congress opposes the expansion of selection in England's schools by whatever means either through the establishment of new grammar schools, or by allowing free schools to select some of their intake.

More than 100 Conservative MPs have pledged to campaign for a wave of new grammar schools, reigniting the decades - long debate on the issue of selection.

Teaching children about the important issue of heartworm disease is the goal of a new grammar school section on the American Heartworm Society's website.

I left school on the same year Labour baned the creation of new grammar schools.

New Education Secretary Justine Greening has said that the government should be «open minded» about the opening of new grammar schools in England.

A spokeswoman for the Department for Education said: «Current legislation prohibits the introduction of new grammar schools and ministers are clear that this will not change.

Bring back the «three Rs», re-introduce student grants, encourage the creation of new grammar schools;

The media whirlwind began when newly appointed Education Secretary Justine Greening said the government should be «open minded» about the opening of new grammar schools - state funded schools that select pupils based on an examination at age 11.

While grammars used to make up a larger proportion of schools across England, the Labour government introduced a law in 1998 that banned the opening of new grammar schools.

Many believed the approval could open the flood gates for the opening of new grammar schools, but the government maintained that it was an «extension» of an existing school and not a new school.

The Labour Party opposes the opening of new Grammar Schools, arguing that they increase inequality, and Weald of Kent grammar school in Tunbridge made headlines when it was approved to open a new «annexe» accommodating 450 places in late 2015.

In 1998, Tony Blair's Labour party passed laws banning the creation of new grammar schools.

The creation of new grammar schools was outlawed in 1998, but existing grammar schools are allowed to expand.

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

The law forbids the opening of any new grammar schools, but changes made last year enable existing schools to expand.

The law forbids the opening of new grammar schools, but changes made by the coalition government in 2012 enable enlargement of existing schools.

The law forbids the opening of new grammar schools, but changes made last year enable existing schools to expand.

Action has been threatened by opponents who says the expansion would amount to the creation of a new grammar school, which is banned under the 1998 School Standards and Framework Act.

Since the policy was announced, the government has sought to defend its plans from a barrage of criticism from politicians of all colours, academics and the schools community, who have warned that the creation of new grammar schools could deepen existing social divides.

Former schools adjudicator Alan Parker told Schools Week that while the Swindon Academy move was likely «sanctioned by DfE, it does tend to subvert the 1998 legislation that forbade the creation of new grammar schools».

We want to remove the restrictive regulations that are preventing more children from going to high - quality faith schools, and we want to end the ban on the opening of new grammar schools.

The opening of new grammar schools, which require pupils to pass the 11 + test to gain admittance, was banned by Tony Blair's government in 1998.