Comprehensive Future’s webinar ‘A relic of the past – time to phase out the 11-plus’
We are holding a Zoom webinar on June 25th exploring the problems of selection, with a focus on the unfairness of the ... Read more
Grammar schools admit fewer children from poorer families despite a push to widen intakes
Comprehensive Future's Freedom of Information request has revealed that the proportion of disadvantaged pupils accessing grammar schools has fallen from 8.48% in ... Read more
Comprehensive Future’s response to inquiry on the impact of COVID-19 on education
This is Comprehensive Future's response to the Education Select Committee inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education. We believe the 11-plus ... Read more
Does profit matter more than parents understanding of school admissions? Tribunal set to decide whether an 11-plus company’s commercial rights matter more than public transparency
CF Chair, Dr Nuala Burgess, and James Coombs On March 4th Comprehensive Steering Committee member James Coombs took his six-year ... Read more
James Coombs fights 11-plus secrecy in tribunal case challenging CEM test provider
James Coombs, of Comprehensive Future’s steering committee, is challenging 11-plus test company, CEM, to release the anonymised raw scores of test-takers. He ... Read more
Six grammar schools receive cash to expand, and it’s time to scrap the discredited Selective School Expansion Fund
Twenty five grammar schools submitted bids for the £50 million Selective School Expansion Fund in 2019, with the Department for Education announcing ... Read more
Kent Catholic primary schools to continue to offer 11-plus tests, as Kent County Council highlights the problems of Kent’s poor university rates
The Archdiocese of Southwark Education Commission is responsible for Catholic schools in the selective authorities of Kent, Medway, Bromley, and Bexley. The ... Read more
Social Mobility and Higher Education: New report shows grammar schools are not the answer
In a new collection of essays published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) entitled 'Social Mobility and Higher Education: Are grammar ... Read more
Second ‘satellite’ grammar school given go-ahead by Kent County Council
Hot on the heels of the 2017 opening of the Weald of Kent Grammar School for Girls’ Sevenoaks ‘satellite’, Tunbridge Wells Boys' ... Read more
Children’s attitudes to 11-plus tuition
A new paper by Anas Hajar, published in the British Educational Research Journal, looks at children and teacher's views of 11-plus tuition. ... Read more