Jo Smith’s speech at the Labour Party Conference
This speech was delivered by Jo Smith, of Comprehensive Future and Maidenhead CLP at the Labour Party Conference on 26th September 2017. ... Read more
Potential, Achievement and Ability: How does Growth Mindset fit with the fixed ability 11-plus?
Like many others, our society commonly categorises students by ability. Reports and discussions about education make numerous references to students' abilities. But we ... Read more
Our supporters speak out
We asked academics, authors, celebrities and education experts for their views on selection. Here are their varied and interesting reasons for supporting ... Read more
Michael Morpurpo on the advantages of comprehensive education
There is a schism, a fault line, at the heart of British society. We are a divided people, by accident of birth, ... Read more
The cruelest cut
The cruelest cut happens in the UK at age 11 or 12. It happens to boys as well as well as girls. ... Read more
Grammar schools are not the solution to our social mobility crisis
I’ve done reasonably well career wise so far in life. I'm the Creative Director of an arts organisation, I've written for national ... Read more
PDF - Parents’ stories from selective areas in England
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A Comprehensive Future supporter and Grandmother writes from Hertfordshire about her experience of what selection does and what comprehensives can achieve
I failed the 11 plus intelligence test in the early 1950s so could not go on to sit the English/Maths exams which ... Read more
Segregation, segregation, segregation ….
I grew up and was educated in the 1960’s when selection in education was the norm. I was from a middle class ... Read more
Stories from Kent, what selection really means
Joanne Bartley, from Kent Education Network spoke at the Reclaiming Education conference about what selection means in Kent. I’m from Kent, where, ... Read more