Our response to the Labour Party’s consultation on a National Education Service
Comprehensive Future has responded to the Labour Party's consultation on a National Education Service. We believe Labour should go beyond an opposition ... 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
Comprehensive Future launches crowdfunder to fight new ‘annexe’ grammar schools
The government has announced a £50 million fund to expand selective education, and Comprehensive Future is fighting back, launching a crowdfunder to ... Read more
‘Fig leaf’ proposal for change in admissions policies cannot disguise the true impact of selection expansion plan
The government has today chosen to defy the widespread evidence on the harm that selective schools do to the educational chances of ... Read more
Essex 11-plus test found to have incorrectly assessed thousands of children
An Essex grammar school using an 11-plus test designed by the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE) has been told its ... Read more
Local groups demand an end to the 11-plus, as new evidence shows the flaws of selective education
Groups from selective areas have written an open letter calling on their councils to end support for the 11-plus test. The campaigners ... Read more
Damian Hinds is ‘enthusiastic’ about expanding grammar schools, with 3 new ‘annexe’ schools possible
Damian Hinds announced in an interview at the weekend that selective schools have his ‘enthusiastic’ backing to expand, suggesting that funding might ... Read more
Damian Hinds needs to consider the human cost of selection
Comprehensive Future has sent Damian Hinds a letter inviting him to meet parents to discuss the problems of 11-plus selection. The letter ... 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