Grammar schools claim more than their fair share of Condition Improvement Fund expansion cash
At least 30 grammar schools are bidding for the new £50 million Selective School Expansion Fund, but we have discovered the government was ... Read more
Please tell these grammar schools you don’t want their expansions
At least thirty-five grammar schools are seeking a share of the £50 milllion Selective School Expansion Fund, and although it’s a condition ... Read more
Many grammar schools applying for expansion have no clear plans to improve admission for disadvantaged pupils
Thirty grammar schools are currently preparing bids for the government’s £50 million Selective School Expansion Fund, and half of the schools do not ... Read more
Parents and campaigners protest as selective schools apply for the £50 million expansion fund
A number of local groups have launched campaigns to highlight the problems with grammar schools expanding through the £50 million Selective School ... Read more
What to do with £50 million?
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
The 11-plus / IQ fallacy
Tricia, who failed the 11-plus in 1959 and found that it changed the course of her life. Life ... Read more
What does research tell us about selection?
What does research tell us about selection? It tells us a great deal, and almost none of it is helpful to the ... Read more
Our response to the Labour Party’s consultation on a National Education Service
Comprehensive Future has responded to the Labour Party's consultation on a National Education Service. We believe Labour should go beyond an opposition ... Read more
News round-up : New research, a documentary about 11-plus selection and grammar school expansion
'Grammar Schools : Who will get in?' A new 3 part documentary series exploring selection begins on BBC 2 on 29th May ... Read more
Government is using fund for essential school repairs to pay for grammar school expansion
Comprehensive Future has discovered that grammar schools are benefitting disproportionately from a Condition Improvement Fund - a budget designed to carry out ... Read more