Grammar Schools

Mock 11-plus entrance exams boost grammars’ funds

Investigation finds tens of thousands raised through PTA-run tests help grammars pay for laptops, cricket nets and new buildings

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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DfE claims Brexit has stalled grammar schools inclusion monitoring

The government has claimed that Brexit hampered its monitoring of efforts to make grammar schools more inclusive, after admitting...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Gibb rejects call for 11-plus results to be linked to national pupil database

The schools minister has rejected calls to collect 11-plus data and link it to the national pupil database. His...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Report 11-plus results and link them to pupil data, say campaigners and academics

Academies have backed calls from campaigners for 11-plus entry test data to be shared with government and linked to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Grammar school ordered to tweak admissions policy following second home row

A heavily oversubscribed grammar school has been ordered to amend its admission arrangements after a parent complained that it...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Poor pupils with same SATs as richer peers do worse in grammar schools test

Poorer pupils with the same SATs score as their wealthier peers are much less likely to pass the 11-plus,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg