News round-up: Toby Young wants more selection, and BBC report shows huge grammar school expansion
Toby Young calls for more selection in the school system Toby Young has called for UTCs and studio schools to operate selection ... Read more
Grammar school priority admissions fail to increase the proportions of disadvantaged pupils accessing schools
The BBC has today highlighted Comprehensive Future’s research into grammar school admission for disadvantaged pupils. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request sent ... Read more
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
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
Grammar school pupils ‘gain no social or emotional advantages’
A new study by researchers from the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) shows that Grammar school pupils do not gain any advantage ... Read more
Michael Rosen joins Comprehensive Future as a patron
We are happy to announce that Michael Rosen has joined Comprehensive Future as a new patron. He has always been a passionate ... Read more