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
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
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
MPs, academics and campaigners urge Education Select Committee to review school admissions
MPs, academics and campaigners have called on the Education Select Committee to hold an inquiry into school admissions. An open letter supporting ... Read more
Another £50 million of grammar school expansion cash, without any transparency about the numbers of disadvantaged pupils actually passing the 11-plus
The Department for Education has opened bidding for the second round of the £50 million a year Selective School Expansion Fund. In ... Read more
Flawed report attempts to prove grammar schools are for ‘less advantaged’ pupils
A report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) claims that grammar schools offer many benefits for pupils, including significantly increasing the chances ... Read more
Comprehensive Future Annual Newsletter
December 2018 Our new chair After four highly successful years, Melissa Benn has stepped down as Chair of Comprehensive Future. We are ... Read more
Sixteen grammar schools win expansion funding, as the government pursues a policy that ignores all evidence
Sixteen grammar schools will receive a share of the £50 million Selective School Expansion fund, the government announced today. This controversial fund ... Read more
Comprehensive Future welcomes a new chair, Dr.Nuala Burgess
Dr.Nuala Burgess After four busy and successful years leading Comprehensive Future Melissa Benn has stepped down as chair and will ... Read more