The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & EntertainmentFeb 23

Pretty market town surrounded by 'stunning countryside' named one of the UK's 'best places to live'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/town-best-place-live-uk-36766625

AutisticMumTo3Jan 12, 2024

Some comprehensive schools ‘more socially selective than grammars’ | Education | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/jan/11/some-comprehensive-schools-more-socially-selective-than-grammars

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Some comprehensive schools ‘more socially selective than grammars’

Research by Sutton Trust finds disadvantaged students less likely to get into top performing schools in England than their peers

The Guardian
iamBullivantAug 29, 2023

"The UK's brightest pupils' chances of getting top GCSE grades are actually lower in grammar schools than in comprehensives, according to a major new piece of research."

Grammar schools are a blight on the British education system.

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-evidence-grammar-school-brightest-pupils.html

#Education #GrammarSchools

No evidence grammar school systems are best for the brightest, study of 500,000 pupils reveals

The UK's brightest pupils' chances of getting top GCSE grades are actually lower in grammar schools than in comprehensives, according to a major new piece of research.

Phys.org
AutisticMumTo3Aug 13, 2023

Reform grammar schools and ditch the GCSE treadmill – here’s how Labour can fix education in England | Fiona Millar | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/13/grammar-schools-gcse-labour-education-england

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Reform grammar schools and ditch the GCSE treadmill – here’s how Labour can fix education in England

Conservative policies have trapped pupils in a zero-sum game. Ending unfair selection and rethinking exams could start to change this, says journalist Fiona Millar

The Guardian
pennineFeb 21, 2023
No surprise that #grammarschools failing to let in poorer children. Such schools based on selection & elitism, they entrench division & affront the dignity of hundreds of thousands of youngsters. They MUST be swept away. https://tinyurl.com/2h3uu69s
@comp_future
#fairness #fraternity
Grammar schools: Some still failing to let in poorer pupils

Most have tried to improve their admissions policies but the impact is patchy, BBC analysis finds.

BBC News
Dan LudlowFeb 21, 2023

Grammar Schools shouldn't be a thing any more. The places that use them should have switched to the Comprehensive system years ago. The UK's state education system should not contain any selective schools - especially religious ones. #Grammarschools

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-64714201

Grammar schools: Some still failing to let in poorer pupils

Most have tried to improve their admissions policies but the impact is patchy, BBC analysis finds.

BBC News
Jonathan WrightFeb 21, 2023

Grammar schools still failing to boost number of poorer pupils

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-64714201

#Education #Poor #GrammarSchools #UKNews

Grammar schools: Some still failing to let in poorer pupils

Most have tried to improve their admissions policies but the impact is patchy, BBC analysis finds.

BBC News
Boing BoingMay 13, 2018
75% of Theresa May's £50m gift to grammar schools will go to Tory districts https://boingboing.net/2018/05/13/reverse-robin-hood.html #wealth-basedspeciation #guilltoinewatch #grammarschools #thenastyparty #education #parenting #bribes #tories #ukpoli #Post #uk
75% of Theresa May's £50m gift to grammar schools will go to Tory districts

75% of Theresa May's £50m gift to grammar schools will go to Tory districts

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