Second ‘satellite’ grammar school given go-ahead by Kent County Council
Hot on the heels of the 2017 opening of the Weald of Kent Grammar School for Girls’ Sevenoaks ‘satellite’, Tunbridge Wells Boys' ... Read more
Children’s attitudes to 11-plus tuition
A new paper by Anas Hajar, published in the British Educational Research Journal, looks at children and teacher's views of 11-plus tuition. ... Read more
News round-up: Conservative majority, 11-plus withdrawn from some schools, and our AGM panel event
What does a Conservative majority government mean for selection? The Conservative manifesto thankfully made no mention of new grammar schools, but there ... Read more
Melissa Benn at the Westminster Education Forum policy conference
Our vice chair, Melissa Benn, spoke at the Westminster Education Forum policy conference on December 4th, at an event considering 'England’s school ... Read more
‘Comprehensive Education : Winning the Support of Parents’ a video of our panel event
The Annual General Meeting of Comprehensive Future was held in Hamilton House, London, on 27th November 2019. The theme of our panel ... Read more
Please respond to the consultation on Kent’s new selective school. The council call it a ‘satellite’ – it looks an awful lot like a new grammar school!
Kent County Council (KCC) operate the largest fully selective council in the country, and they are pouring around 30 million into expanding ... Read more
Our AGM event, ‘Comprehensive Education : Winning the Support of Parents’
Our AGM event will take place on November 27th at 6.45 pm at Hamilton House (NEU Headquarters), Mabledon Place, Kings Cross, London ... Read more
Tory manifesto to pledge grammar school expansion, as Kent County Council consult on a new ‘satellite’ selective school
The Sunday Times has announced that the Tory manifesto will pledge funds for the expansion of grammar schools. The source did not ... Read more
News round-up: Party conferences, Bucks 11-plus error, the history of comprehensive education and more
Party Conference events We held successful conference fringe meetings at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, and the Conservative Party Conference in ... Read more
Comprehensive Future’s 2019 conference events
Comprehensive Future hosted two successful fringe events at the Labour and Conservative Party conferences. The Labour Party event was organised in association ... Read more