Comprehensive Future Annual Newsletter
December 2018 Our new chair After four highly successful years, Melissa Benn has stepped down as Chair of Comprehensive Future. We are ... Read more
Thousands of parents protest about grammar school taking in more poor pupils
The King Edward VI Academy Trust, which runs six selective schools in Birmingham, is hoping to boost the proportion of students from disadvantaged ... Read more
News round-up: £50 million for grammar schools, worrying facts about 11-plus tuition, and CF appoints a new chair
£50 million to expand grammar schools The government has announced the 16 grammar schools who will receive a share of the £50 million ... Read more
Sixteen grammar schools win expansion funding, as the government pursues a policy that ignores all evidence
Sixteen grammar schools will receive a share of the £50 million Selective School Expansion fund, the government announced today. This controversial fund ... Read more
Melissa Benn on four years as chair of Comprehensive Future
I am sad to stand down after four years as chair of Comprehensive Future but am very pleased to stay on as ... Read more
Comprehensive Future welcomes a new chair, Dr.Nuala Burgess
Dr.Nuala Burgess After four busy and successful years leading Comprehensive Future Melissa Benn has stepped down as chair and will ... Read more
The shocking attainment gap in Bucks’ secondary schools
Selective Buckinghamshire has a far worse attainment gap than neighbouring comprehensive authorities. Data published by the DfE looks at the 'FSM Gap,' ... Read more
James Coombs isn’t giving up his fight to expose 11-plus secrecy
Statistics graduate James Coombs has been trying to persuade Durham University's 11-plus testing body, the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) to ... Read more
Educational Purpose: measurement or memories?
By Dr. Alan Bainbridge Our Future Thoughts series of articles are opinion pieces designed to provoke debate, they represent the views of the author ... Read more
Our AGM event ‘The Human Cost of Selection’
Our AGM event will take place on November 27th at 6pm in Committee Room 6, House of Commons. The theme will be, ‘The ... Read more