Melissa Benn writes to Nicky Morgan about objections to the adjudicator
21 March 2016 Nicky Morgan MP Secretary of State for Education Dear Nicky Morgan, As Chair of Comprehensive Future, an all-party group ... 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
Selection does not help social mobility
1. Social mobility refers to the relationship between a person’s social class or income origins at birth and their social class or ... Read more
The case for selection is based on myths
1. A myth widespread in the press on which the case for keeping selection is based is that comprehensive education has failed. ... Read more
There was no golden age
1. Some supporters of selection talk as if the period when all children took the 11+ was some golden age of opportunity ... Read more
Selection is unfair and damages children and communities
1. One argument often put forward by supporters of selection is to say that the alternative is selection by mortgage and therefore ... Read more
A comprehensive future is possible without abolishing schools
1. Comprehensive Future does not want to see any grammar school closed but wants an end to selection on ability and aptitude. ... Read more
The Truth About Our Schools
About the Author Melissa Benn is a journalist and author, a campaigner for high-quality comprehensive education and a founder of the Local ... Read more