Opinion

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...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Independent schools do change lives

The abolition of the assisted places scheme and grammar system has contributed to a decline in social mobility As...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

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...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

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...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

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...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

Andy Burnham and the too-vague really-lame education policy

“I will restore a local role in overseeing schools, rejecting the growing market of free schools and academies.” That’s...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Ofsted’s summer term: the verdicts

As another term and the school year draws to a close, Sophie Scott looks at what Ofsted has been...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Secondary moderns hit hard by coasting school definition

Secondary schools in areas where the brightest pupils are selected for grammar schools will be more likely to be...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips