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12 April 2026

Tag: grammar schools

New grammar school set to be given go ahead by Nicky Morgan

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is set to approve the country’s first “new” grammar school in fifty years today – despite insisting just last year she was “resistant to selective education”. It is understood the controversial decision to allow Weald of Kent grammar school to open a new annexe with 450 places – nearly nine miles […]

Nicky Morgan and David Cameron united on free school meals and grammar schools

– Education secretary backs prime minister ‘all the way’ on free school meals for infants –   No truth in Labour’s ‘bizarre’ claim that government will allow raft of new grammars Nicky Morgan “fully backs” David Cameron’s commitment to continue to fund universal infant free school meals and has dismissed as “bizarre” claims that the government will […]

Can Corbyn get his way on comprehensives?

How will Jeremy Corbyn’s unwavering commitment to cull the 11-plus and the remaining grammar schools work, politically and practically speaking, now that he has become leader? For starters, it will mean a chance – at last – of starting a national conversation about the extent and reality of selection in England in the 21st century […]

Independent schools do change lives

The abolition of the assisted places scheme and grammar system has contributed to a decline in social mobility As the headmistress of an independent girls’ secondary school, it might be reasonable to expect criticism from those who probably have never had first-hand experience of life in an independent school. But we shouldn’t shirk issues for […]

Labour will ‘fiercely contest’ any move to revive grammar schools, says Powell

Any move to revive selective schools will be “fiercely contested” by Labour, Lucy Powell has said. The new shadow education secretary has told The Guardian that the Conservatives will “drag England’s schools into the past” by reviving grammar schools, “demoralising teachers and cutting resources”. It comes after Swindon Academy revealed plans to test pupils for […]

Swindon Academy opens ‘grammar stream’ for 30 pupils

An academy in the south west will test pupils in year 6 to enter a newly-opened “grammar stream” in a bid to address a shortfall in pupil numbers Swindon Academy, run by United Learning, has leafleted 98,000 homes in its catchment area advertising the 30 places it will create from next September for the “most […]

Jeremy Corbyn Labour leader: What does this mean for schools?

Jeremy Corbyn has been elected leader of the Labour Party after a landslide victory this morning. But what does this mean for schools? First of all, Labour will be getting a new shadow education secretary. Tristam Hunt has already ruled himself out of serving in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet because of “substantial political differences”. Mr Corbyn had previously questioned Labour’s education […]

Analysis: Kent grammar places expand by 1,300 without ‘new’ selective school

Grammar schools have increased their intake over the last five years, with Kent grammars taking enough extra pupils to fill a new large school. The analysis comes as education secretary Nicky Morgan (pictured) is reported as likely to give the go-ahead for the first “satellite” expansion of a grammar school. If agreed, Weald of Kent […]