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18 Jun 18
Segregation by ability is linked across the world to worsening opportunities for social mobility, says education professor Stephen Gorard.
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4 Jun 18
If the government is serious about improving the life chances of poorer children, it should reconsider its plans for grammar schools, says the Education Policy Institute’s Natalie Perera.
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1 Jun 18
Expanding grammar schools will benefit children in better off areas rather than increase opportunity for all, says the Lib Dem’s education spokesperson Layla Moran.
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11 May 18
The government has launched a £50m fund to boost the number of places available at academically selective grammar schools.
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3 Apr 17
Schools across England will receive £2.4bn towards extra places and building upgrades, education secretary Justine Greening has announced today.
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26 Sep 16
Jeremy Corbyn is to launch a national campaign against the government’s plans to expand the use of grammar schools after he was re-elected as Labour’s leader at the party’s conference on Saturday.
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19 Sep 16
The government has today approved applications to open 77 new free schools as part of a drive to create 500 by the end of the parliament.
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15 Sep 16
Theresa May’s plan for new grammar schools faces opposition and, even if successful, may not lead to a large increase in numbers
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9 Sep 16
Prime minister Theresa May has today set out plans to expand the number of grammar schools as part of moves intended to boost the availability of good school places in England.
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6 Sep 16
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has said the success of schools in London “makes a mockery” of claims that increasing the number of grammar schools is key to improving attainment for disadvantaged...