Sentences with phrase «open more grammar schools»

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Powell has said that selective education «creates barriers for disadvantaged children» and has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to rethink proposals to allow more grammar schools to open.

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.

Although an official announcement is yet to be made, it is thought Prime Minister Theresa May is considering opening new grammar schools and the rumours have been given more validity after a leaked memo written by Department for Education (DfE) permanent secretary Jonathan Slater seemed to confirm grammars were on the DfE's agenda.

It will the first new grammar school to open in more than 50 years.»

However, the Grammar School Heads» Association revealed more details surrounding grammars, stating that they could be open by 2020.

Speaking in London, while also announcing plans to open new grammar schools, May said the 50 per cent cap was an obstacle that was stopping more good faith schools opening and said that the government should «confidently promote» the role that faith schools play in a diverse school system.

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

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.

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.

In the consultation we are asking how we can make grammars more open to disadvantaged children and ensure that the excellence that exists in grammar schools can play a stronger role in school improvement throughout the system, as that is also part of what we should be doing.