Chief Adjudicator reports again on admissions – other mixed picture
In her Annual Report Shan Scott the new Chief Adjudicator seems to repeat many of the points made in previous reports. Many ... Read more
More selection? The evidence against piles up.
In August 2016 Fiona Millar issued a challenge saying that if the Government wants more grammars and has evidence in support they ... Read more
A Comprehensive Future and King’s College London Research Project A Tale of Two Counties – reflections on secondary education 50 years after Circular 10/65
At a time when the educational spotlight is on Government proposals to expand selective schooling, a new report launched today provides a ... Read more
Comprehensive Future responds to the Green Paper
Asking the wrong questions, ignoring the right answers. Comprehensive Future’s response to the 2016 Green Paper ‘Schools that Work for Everyone’. “What ... Read more
From Kent and Bucks, more evidence of the need to end selection
In Kent, Bucks and in a speech by Michael Wilshaw the evidence continues to pile up about the need to end selection. ... Read more
Changes in admissions urgently needed
Recent research from Professor Anne West and Audrey Hind of the London School of Economics looked at secondary school admissions in London ... Read more
Comprehensive education has not failed
Comprehensive education has failed – myth number 1 from The Truth About Our Schools Reading today’s newspapers or listening to or watching ... Read more
International comparisons show comprehensive systems do better for all children
1. For a number of years research has shown that selection widens the gap between the achievement of the poor and the ... Read more
Comparing the outcomes of selective and comprehensive systems can mislead
1. Some supporters of selection comparisons selective local authorities with others which do not have selective schools. These have to be treated ... Read more