The 11-plus and children’s emotional wellbeing
It's Children's Mental Health week and we support this initiative which highlights the importance of children's emotional wellbeing. We feel that there is ... Read more
News round-up : 11-plus scores, ‘annexe’ grammar schools, and good news in Guernsey
James Coombs is fighting 11-plus secrecy James Coombs is challenging the secrecy around 11-plus scoring methods and the Guardian interviewed him about ... Read more
How we overcame selection in Guernsey
Tim Langlois writes about the successful campaign to end the 11-plus in Guernsey. There will be no 11-plus test in Guernsey ... Read more
Guernsey campaigners celebrate the end of the 11-plus
Tim Langlois, Connie Armstrong and Sarah Buck from Guernsey campaign group W.I.S.E Guernsey primary school pupils are awaiting the results ... Read more
Should 11-plus scores be secret? A tribunal hearing decides
James Coombs challenged the secrecy of 11-plus test scoring in a tribunal hearing last week. Judge Kennedy weighed up evidence for six ... Read more
11-plus secrecy challenged in tribunal hearing
Comprehensive Future committee member, and father, James Coombs, is representing himself in a tribunal hearing on Thursday, challenging the secrecy of the ... Read more
News round-up : Damian Hinds appointment, no Bucks 11-plus consultation, and grammar expansion
A new education secretary Justine Greening resigned as Secretary of State for Education yesterday, when Theresa May asked her to move departments in ... Read more
Grammar school expansion is out of control and that’s bad news for non-selective schools
Research has shown that grammar school places have expanded more than 7% since 2010. Many of the 163 remaining grammar schools have ... Read more
News round-up : The Archbishop of Canterbury criticises grammar schools, Ofsted ignore selection, and more
Grammar schools are "contrary to the notion of the common good" The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke in a House of Lords debate ... Read more
A ‘tutor-proof’ 11-plus remains an unobtainable “holy grail” as grammar school heads are charged with improving access to their schools
Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister, today responded to the Education Select Committee’s ‘evidence check’ report on grammar schools. The Select Committee report ... Read more