Heads, governors and parents oppose Kent grammar school expansion
The petition opposing the new 'satellite' grammar school on the Kent coast is heading for 300 signatures, please sign if you haven't ... Read more
Stop the plans for a new grammar school in Kent
Kent County Council plan to open a new 'satellite' grammar school on the coast between Whitstable and Herne Bay, but local campaigners ... Read more
Kent’s ‘satellite’ grammar school is educationally damaging, socially divisive and morally dubious.
By Phil Karnarvas ‘Contrary to the common good’ and ‘stuffed full of middle class kids’, grammar schools are educationally damaging, socially divisive ... Read more
Please take part in the Selective School Expansion Fund consultations
The second round of the £50 million Selective School Expansion Fund is now open for bids, with applications due in by 23rd April. ... Read more
Kent grammar schools bid for cash to build a legally dubious ‘satellite’ grammar school
Two Kent grammar schools are going head-to head with bids for Department for Education funding to open a 1,050 pupil ‘satellite’ grammar ... Read more
MPs, academics and campaigners urge Education Select Committee to review school admissions
MPs, academics and campaigners have called on the Education Select Committee to hold an inquiry into school admissions. An open letter supporting ... Read more
Misleading headlines suggest the 11-plus causes no stress or anxiety
The TES said, Pupils mental wellbeing not affected by taking 11 plus, the Mail said, Putting children through the 11-plus has little impact ... Read more
News round-up: Grammar school ‘fair access’ isn’t working, help for satellite selective schools and more
Grammar school 'fair access' plans are failing The Guardian reports on the fact grammar school's 'fair access' plans to admit poorer pupils ... Read more
Another £50 million of grammar school expansion cash, without any transparency about the numbers of disadvantaged pupils actually passing the 11-plus
The Department for Education has opened bidding for the second round of the £50 million a year Selective School Expansion Fund. In ... Read more
Community schools for all
By Alastair Lichten Our Future Thoughts series of articles are opinion pieces designed to provoke debate, they represent the views of the author and ... Read more