Sentences with phrase «plans for more grammar»
Yet despite the DfE report stating that the PISA data «provided little support» to arguments that academic selection boost the progress of the most disadvantaged pupils, ministers said the PISA results support plans for more grammar schools.
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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».
The education secretary, speaking to the Conservative party conference, said Labour's opposition to the plans for more grammars was «rank hypocrisy».
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More recently, the Coalition government's plans for all schools to become academies have raised some controversy within the grammar school sector.
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.
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 Commission has called on the government to rethink its plans for grammar schools and more academies, cautioning that there is no evidence either works to improve social mobility.
The prime minister, Theresa May, has been revealing more detail about her plans for grammar schools.
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».
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».
The Department for Education said there were no plans to end academic selection in grammars schools, but there may be more collaboration between them and non-selective schools.
BBC Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys says the statement clears the way for draft plans to be brought forward, including Theresa May's proposals for more grammar schools in England.
The government has already set out plans to make grammar schools become more inclusive if they want cash for expansion, but the agreement with the GSHA is an attempt to encourage selective schools to change their ways by the end of the parliament in 2022.