Should 11-plus scores be secret? A tribunal hearing decides
James Coombs challenged the secrecy of 11-plus test scoring in a tribunal hearing last week. Judge Kennedy weighed up evidence for six ... Read more
11-plus secrecy challenged in tribunal hearing
Comprehensive Future committee member, and father, James Coombs, is representing himself in a tribunal hearing on Thursday, challenging the secrecy of the ... Read more
Grammar school expansion is out of control and that’s bad news for non-selective schools
Research has shown that grammar school places have expanded more than 7% since 2010. Many of the 163 remaining grammar schools have ... Read more
Alan Parker – Next steps towards a genuinely successful comprehensive system
Alan Parker is a former Director of Education and Schools Adjudicator. At our recent AGM event he spoke about fair admissions and ... Read more
A ‘tutor-proof’ 11-plus remains an unobtainable “holy grail” as grammar school heads are charged with improving access to their schools
Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister, today responded to the Education Select Committee’s ‘evidence check’ report on grammar schools. The Select Committee report ... Read more
Our AGM ‘Next steps towards a comprehensive future’
Our AGM at the Palace of Westminster had a great atmosphere with a packed room of supporters. We were pleased to see ... Read more
Selection and National Education Service discussed at Labour Party Conference but no firm pledge to phase out the 11-plus.
Jo Smith and Johnny Roberts at the Labour Party Conference Labour Party delegates spoke passionately about the need to end ... Read more
Grammar school ‘annexe’ to be criticised by MPs
The Weald of Kent grammar school opened its controversial ‘annexe’ school in Sevenoaks this week. It is currently unlawful to establish entirely ... Read more
Help Comprehensive Future end the 11-plus
Comprehensive Future is hoping to raise £10,000 to support our work and put an end to the 11-plus. Grammar school systems subject ... Read more
A lack of transparency at the Grammar School Heads Association
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have ruled that the Grammar School Heads Association (GSHA) is not a public authority for the purposes ... Read more