Sentences with phrase «vehicles of social mobility»
But the schools minister Nick Gibb claimed selective schools were «vehicles of social mobility», and said the government did not think it was fair that pupils only have the opportunity to go to an academically selective school if they «live in a particular county in England».
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In light of these findings, the Sutton Trust has raised» serious concerns» about using grammar schools in their current form as a vehicle for social mobility and is calling on the government to «make sure the he admissions processes of existing grammar schools are fair», before their capacity is expanded.
«Until existing grammar schools demonstrate they can be vehicles for social mobility, the number of grammar schools should not be increased,» said Sir Peter.
Nor have grammar schools ever been a vehicle for social mobility even in their heyday in the 1950s and 60s a pitiful 0.3 per cent of grammar school pupils with two «A» levels were from the skilled working class.
Nor have grammar schools ever been a vehicle for social mobility — even in their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s a pitiful 0.3 % of grammar school pupils with two A-levels were from the skilled working class.