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Grammar plan is winning formula’ for votes, says Conservative MP

One of the Conservative’s fiercest grammar advocates has said the policy is not only the morally “right thing” to...

John Dickens
John Dickens

Emma Mattinson-Hardy’s top blogs 3 October 2016

Party conference season is upon us and each political party is setting out its stall in how they think...

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Opinion

The mystery of the disappearing education secretary

As another party conference season ebbs away, this is usually the part where I write a column about the...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Kent private schools ignore 11-plus tutoring ban

Independent schools in Kent are openly advertising their success at coaching pupils to pass an 11-plus test, against their...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Theresa May pledges to lift ban on grammar schools

The government will lift the ban on opening new grammar schools, the prime minister has announced, pre-empting the outcome of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Who was the first politician to announce the end of grammar schools?

The common belief is that it was Labour education secretary Anthony Crosland. He sent out a circular in 1965...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Grammar schools are a symptom not a cure

The design of the schools system requires that failure exists somewhere. Ed Cadwallader says the only fix is a...

Ed Cadwallader
Ed Cadwallader
Opinion

How selection could – and probably will – seep back in

“There is no way they will get this grammar school thing through.” That’s what former shadow education secretary Lucy...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Grammar get-out clause confirmed: selection ‘permissible’ within trusts

The government has confirmed it has a grammar school get-out clause that allows academy trusts to filter their brightest...

John Dickens
John Dickens