Reclaiming Education Conferences in March
Comprehensive Future is a member of the Reclaiming Education Consortium. We are pleased to announce that the consortium is holding two Zoom ... Read more
News round-up: The school choice “illusion”, a call to review admissions, and more
New study shows school choice doesn't make parents happier A study by the Social Market Foundation suggests that a greater choice of ... Read more
When grammar schools expand it’s the secondary modern schools that suffer
A report by Fran Abrams in the Guardian revealed that the number of grammar school places has risen in the last five ... Read more
News round-up: The 11-plus is a flawed judge of potential, a new Education Secretary, and more
Professor Sharon Peacock's 11-plus story Renowned Covid scientist Sharon Peacock spoke to the BBC's Life Scientific about her troubled education. She failed ... Read more
Comprehensive Future’s AGM is on November 25th
Comprehensive Future's AGM will take place online via Zoom, on November 25th at 6pm, and we invite our supporters to join us. At the meeting ... Read more
‘What Would a Socially Just Education System Look Like?’ – Let’s continue the conversation
Our webinar ‘What Would a Socially Just Education System Look Like?’ was a lively event, panellists Ash Sarkar, Dr Alan Bainbridge and ... Read more
What would a socially just education system look like? – Cllr Maggie Browning
This post is by Maggie Browning is a member of the Fabian Society, a secondary school teacher and Labour councillor in London. ... Read more
What would a socially just education system look like? – John Holford, Centenary Commission on Adult Education
This post is by John Holford, Robert Peers Professor of Adult Education at Nottingham University, and joint secretary to the Centenary Commission ... Read more
What would a socially just education system look like? – Dr Katy Simmons, Local Equal Excellent
Comprehensive Future is hosting a webinar on September 19th at 11.30am, ‘What Would a Socially Just Education System Look Like?' In the ... Read more
Research shows (yet again!) that grammar schools are NOT good for social mobility
A new paper for the IZA Institute of Labor Economics by Franz Buscha,Emma Gorman and Patrick Sturgis studies whether social mobility was ... Read more