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Flawed report attempts to prove grammar schools are for ‘less advantaged’ pupils

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

Flawed report attempts to prove grammar schools are for ‘less advantaged’ pupils Joanne Bartley 2019-01-16T10:27:49+00:00

Sixteen grammar schools win expansion funding, as the government pursues a policy that ignores all evidence

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

Sixteen grammar schools win expansion funding, as the government pursues a policy that ignores all evidence Joanne Bartley 2018-12-03T16:05:43+00:00

Comprehensive Future welcomes a new chair, Dr.Nuala Burgess

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

Comprehensive Future welcomes a new chair, Dr.Nuala Burgess Joanne Bartley 2018-12-03T17:56:45+00:00

How to phase out selection and ensure fair school admissions: Comprehensive Future publishes fresh policy proposals in time for the 2018 party conferences

How to phase out selection and ensure fair school admissions: Comprehensive Future publishes fresh policy proposals in time for the 2018 party conferences

Comprehensive Future are today publishing two key documents on how to reform school admissions and phase out selection that will form the ... Read more

How to phase out selection and ensure fair school admissions: Comprehensive Future publishes fresh policy proposals in time for the 2018 party conferences Joanne Bartley 2018-09-17T08:05:06+00:00

Grammar school priority admissions fail to increase the proportions of disadvantaged pupils accessing schools

Grammar school priority admissions fail to increase the proportions of disadvantaged pupils accessing schools

The BBC has today highlighted Comprehensive Future’s research into grammar school admission for disadvantaged pupils. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request sent ... Read more

Grammar school priority admissions fail to increase the proportions of disadvantaged pupils accessing schools Joanne Bartley 2018-12-03T10:53:16+00:00

Thirty-five grammar schools seek to expand, creating 5,000 selective places, the equivalent of seven new grammar schools

Thirty-five grammar schools seek to expand, creating 5,000 selective places, the equivalent of seven new grammar schools

Comprehensive Future has discovered that one in five of England’s grammar schools, thirty-five selective schools, are preparing bids for the government’s £50 ... Read more

Thirty-five grammar schools seek to expand, creating 5,000 selective places, the equivalent of seven new grammar schools Joanne Bartley 2018-07-10T11:36:16+00:00

Grammar schools claim more than their fair share of Condition Improvement Fund expansion cash

Grammar schools claim more than their fair share of Condition Improvement Fund expansion cash

At least 30 grammar schools are bidding for the new £50 million Selective School Expansion Fund, but we have discovered the government was ... Read more

Grammar schools claim more than their fair share of Condition Improvement Fund expansion cash Joanne Bartley 2018-07-10T11:38:43+00:00

Many grammar schools applying for expansion have no clear plans to improve admission for disadvantaged pupils

Many grammar schools applying for expansion have no clear plans to improve admission for disadvantaged pupils

Thirty grammar schools are currently preparing bids for the government’s £50 million Selective School Expansion Fund, and half of the schools do not ... Read more

Many grammar schools applying for expansion have no clear plans to improve admission for disadvantaged pupils Joanne Bartley 2018-06-27T16:25:31+00:00

Government is using fund for essential school repairs to pay for grammar school expansion

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

Government is using fund for essential school repairs to pay for grammar school expansion Joanne Bartley 2018-05-25T20:22:35+00:00

Grammar school pupils ‘gain no social or emotional advantages’

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

Grammar school pupils ‘gain no social or emotional advantages’ Joanne Bartley 2018-05-23T08:24:10+00:00

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