Admission appeal fund axe falls hard on grammar schools DfE announced earlier this year it would no longer give academies the cash to fight appeals
Warning over grammar’s plan to open ‘affiliate’ schools overseas The plan skirts close to what is permissible in academy funding rules, finance experts have warned
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
Grammar school head guilty of misconduct over illegal exclusions But no ban for ex-head of school that booted out year 12 students over AS-level results, after case referred five years ago
Ministers intervene to delay grammar schools expansion plan Council says changes will pave way to admit more pupils into its selective schools
‘No evidence’ selective school systems boost outcomes ‘Small’ positive boost to grammar school pupils ‘wiped out’ by lesser progress of those who don’t get in, academic research finds
Grammar school inclusion plan had little impact, DfE admits Government tells selective schools to ‘challenge themselves to do more’ as proportion of poorer pupils rises by just 0.7%
DfE eases inclusion agreement with grammar schools New MoU ‘toothless’ say campaigners, but heads say they remain committed to inclusion
MP’s grammar schools push likely to be delayed if schools bill shelved Tory grandee Sir Graham Brady says schools legislation needed for amendment in favour of new selective schools