Sentences with phrase «selective grammar school»

Performance depends on intake — a school where there are a large number of previously low - achieving pupils is unlikely to be as high performing as a selective grammar school.

Some 50 non-grammars appeared to be more academically selective than the least selective grammar school.

«The fact that, under this code, grammar schools can increase pupil numbers without any requirement to consult, demonstrates the Government is deceiving the public when it claims it is not expanding the selective grammar school system.

In 1996, Harman sent her younger son Joseph to St Olave's Grammar School, Orpington, a selective grammar school, whereas she had sent her elder son Harry to the Roman Catholic London Oratory School, a grant - maintained school.

Only one such ballot has taken place and parents in Ripton, North Yorkshire eventually voted to keep the local selective grammar school.

The proposals come as part of reforms that include lifting the ban on new selective grammar schools in England.

«In the face of such overwhelming evidence, it therefore beggars belief that the Government has announced it will plough # 50 million to expand the number of places at existing selective grammar schools.

Not exact matches

Selective «grammar» schools will be resurrected — but only on a small scale, and perhaps not at all, given how many Tory MPs oppose the idea.

Their selective ethos makes grammar schools repugnant to educational egalitarians, who believe that equality of opportunity requires all children to have the same standard of education.

Selective education The abolition of grammar schools was a travesty.

«These facts appear to confirm my own experiences: that selection raises the standards for everyone in both grammar and high schools in selective areas,» he told the paper.

This decision has opened the floodgates and we are now seeing moves in many selective areas to open new grammar schools.

The Council is the largest in the UK to retain a mainly selective school system, with 25 per cent of secondary school age pupils attending one of the 33 grammar schools in the area.

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.

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This is the third part for the verbal reasoning component of the 11 plus examinations for grammar and selective entrance schools all across the UK.

She also said that the plans will not mean a new grammar school in every town and people wanting to set up a new selective school will be required to show that they are genuinely reaching out into communities and working to give opportunities to young people from poorer backgrounds.

This is despite research from the Sutton Trust that found that in selective areas on average 18 per cent of pupils are entitled to free school meals - an important indicator of social deprivation - but make up only three per cent of grammar school entrants.

Theresa May wants to remove the ban on new selective institutions, and Justine Greening, the education secretary, announced at the weekend that she will build a system that gives «every child» a chance to attend a grammar school.

British prime minister Theresa May has set off a royal dust - up with her proposal to loosen England's half - century - old shackles on grammar schools, the British term for selective - admission public secondary schools focused on preparation for university.

Her plan is, to put it very mildly indeed, highly controversial — and the PM has already signaled that (a) the new policy will take steps to ensure that poor kids will have a fair shot at a grammar school education and (b) she doesn't intend to impose selective schooling on every community.

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.»

There was also talks that the new grammars would be much more selective with pupils in comparison to traditional grammar schools.

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.

Speaking to the Guardian, Alan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister who chairs the government's social mobility commission, has said that grammars lead to social selection and warned that in England's current 163 selective state schools pupils were four or five times more likely to come from independent prep schools than from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.

Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the NEU teaching union, said: «The grammar school corpse has climbed out of its coffin once again despite evidence of the damage that selective education causes.

UK Statistics Authority also highlighted the selective nature of grammar schools means a the tweet is «not making a like for like comparison between the two types of school», adding that it was «disappointed» that the DfE published the statistics in the form.

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

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.

Whatever happens with the legislation preventing new selective schools we will be keen to guard against an increase in annexe grammar expansion, and other covert means to expand selection.

11 May 2018: «The grammar school corpse has climbed out of its coffin once again despite evidence of the damage that selective education causes.

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».

MPs may also use the session to quiz Gibb on the government's approach to grammar schools after Damian Hinds, the education secretary, made an announcement encouraging existing selective schools to expand.

Mrs Morgan said the ban on new grammars would remain under a «statutory prohibition» passed by Labour in 1998 on new selective schools.

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

Kevin Courtney, leader of the National Education Union, said: «The grammar school corpse has climbed out of its coffin once again despite evidence of the damage that selective education causes.»

Suggesting that grammar schools will help the non selective schools is a complete red herring.

None of the 122 grammar schools in selective areas would be classed as coasting under the new definition.

Grammar school heads said their schools were less socially selective than leading comprehensives.

He strongly believes pupils should be able to move easily between technical qualifications, apprenticeships and degrees and, if pushed, he believes more grammar schools would be okay as long as they are accompanied with equally selective technical schools, as was first envisaged by the Conservatives back in the 1940s.

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.

Grammar schools are, by their nature, selective: children must sit a test to be considered for admission.

«It is also in the nature of grammar schools that they are selective, unlike most comprehensive schools, and the tweet is therefore not making a like for like comparison between the two types of school.»

who do well in an entrance exam (for selective schools, for example grammar schools or stage schools)

The same analysis for secondary schools shows grammar schools, academically selective at age 11, are by far the most biased towards more affluent pupils -LRB--98.8 percentage points)-- suggesting they aren't quite the «engines of social mobility» some grammar school advocates say they are.

Grammar schools seeking money from the «selective schools expansion fund» will have to show they ensure fair access for disadvantaged pupils.

«The grammar school corpse has climbed out of its coffin once again despite evidence of the damage that selective education causes.

Mrs May, who herself attended a grammar school which became a comprehensive school while she was there, is thought to be a supporter of new selective schools.

(1) Furthermore, the attainment of grammar school pupils comes at the expense of those who don't pass their 11 - plus, with pupil attainment at secondary moderns in areas with a selective education system lower than that of their counterparts in comprehensive schools.