No one polices the 11-plus
The Department for Education and the Office of the School Adjudicator both deny responsibility for monitoring the 11 plus test. Neither body ... Read more
News round-up: The origins of the 11-plus, grammar school appeals and more
The father of the 11-plus: The sorry tale of Cyril Burt Cyril Burt's idea that intelligence is fixed, unchangeable and set at ... Read more
Grammar schools are happy to be less selective when it suits them – the equivalent of 5 selective schools are full of pupils who failed the 11-plus
Comprehensive Future’s sent a Freedom of Information request to all 163 grammar schools to ask for details of their parental appeals process. ... Read more
Kent County Council want a new grammar school as heads warn the plan means the closure of a non-selective school
Two Kent grammar schools are bidding for Selective School Expansion Fund cash to open a 1,050 pupil ‘satellite’ grammar school in Herne ... Read more
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
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
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