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Revealed: Grammar schools and faith schools dominate list of England’s least inclusive schools

Revealed: Grammar schools and faith schools dominate list of England’s least inclusive schools

Analysis by Comprehensive Future, the National Secular Society (NSS), and TRAK has revealed that selective admissions remain a major driver of social ... Read more

Revealed: Grammar schools and faith schools dominate list of England’s least inclusive schoolsJoanne Bartley2025-12-15T14:14:29+00:00

Bucks’ Non-Selective Schools Deserve Fair Funding — Not Another Hit

Bucks’ Non-Selective Schools Deserve Fair Funding — Not Another Hit

Buckinghamshire Council recently consulted on a proposal to transfer 0.5% of the Schools Block into the High Needs Block to fund early ... Read more

Bucks’ Non-Selective Schools Deserve Fair Funding — Not Another HitJoanne Bartley2025-12-02T15:48:31+00:00

Educators Against the 11-Plus: What Educators Know, What Policymakers Ignore

Educators Against the 11-Plus: What Educators Know, What Policymakers Ignore

Comprehensive Future hosted a powerful panel discussion in Westminster last week, bringing together school leaders who live with the everyday consequences of ... Read more

Educators Against the 11-Plus: What Educators Know, What Policymakers IgnoreJoanne Bartley2025-11-25T11:32:20+00:00

Comprehensive Future welcomes three distinguished new patrons

Comprehensive Future welcomes three distinguished new patrons

We are delighted to announce that Comprehensive Future has invited three distinguished figures to become our new patrons: Lord Mike Watson of ... Read more

Comprehensive Future welcomes three distinguished new patronsJoanne Bartley2025-11-24T15:00:08+00:00

New research confirms unfainess in school admissions – and suggests a fix

New research confirms unfainess in school admissions – and suggests a fix

New research shows wealthy families are far more likely to secure places at top schools. A major study from the University of Bristol ... Read more

New research confirms unfainess in school admissions – and suggests a fixJoanne Bartley2025-11-08T08:03:43+00:00

Educators Against the 11-plus: What Educators Know, What Policy Makers Ignore

Educators Against the 11-plus: What Educators Know, What Policy Makers Ignore

Comprehensive Future is hosting a special event exploring what teachers and education leaders really think about the 11-plus – and why policy ... Read more

Educators Against the 11-plus: What Educators Know, What Policy Makers IgnoreJoanne Bartley2025-10-21T12:57:36+00:00

Grammar schools cash in on admission appeals

Grammar schools cash in on admission appeals

Research by Schools Week shows that grammar schools were the main beneficiaries of a government fund to cover admissions appeals. In 2024–25, ... Read more

Grammar schools cash in on admission appealsJoanne Bartley2025-10-06T11:02:22+00:00

Parentkind survey shows divide between state and private school families

Parentkind survey shows divide between state and private school families

The new National Parent Survey from Parentkind, has highlighted stark differences between the experiences of parents in state schools and those in private ... Read more

Parentkind survey shows divide between state and private school familiesJoanne Bartley2025-09-29T09:42:18+00:00

Educators unite to oppose the 11-plus

Educators unite to oppose the 11-plus

Comprehensive Future launches open letter campaign to phase out selective testing. At the start of the new school term, Comprehensive Future (CF) ... Read more

Educators unite to oppose the 11-plusJoanne Bartley2025-09-19T21:59:21+00:00

Increasing our knowledge about school admissions

Increasing our knowledge about school admissions

Baroness Burt of Solihull Later this month, the Lords will debate a simple but important change to how school admissions ... Read more

Increasing our knowledge about school admissionsJoanne Bartley2025-09-10T08:14:33+00:00

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