We're campaigning for a secondary school system with fair admissions & no more 11-plus. Children are more likely to succeed in high quality all-ability schools.
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A school can now be judged to have "Strong" inclusion while admitting only a tiny proportion of disadvantaged and SEND pupils.
We already know some schools discourage the 'wrong' sort of pupils from applying. Ofsted will turn a blind eye. schoolsweek.co.uk/grammar-sc…
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Grammar schools are being rated as having "Strong" inclusion.
Schools that exclude most local children through academic selection.
We need a serious conversation about what Ofsted means by 'inclusive.' schoolsweek.co.uk/grammar-sc…
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Comprehensive Future retweeted
Jun 9
My interview with Peter Mandler as a podcast - listen on the bus, tube, etc.!
How did the 11-plus become such a powerful idea in English education?
Professor Peter Mandler joins us to discuss selection, meritocracy and the history behind today's debates.
Now available as a podcast.
open.spotify.com/episode/4IT…
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How did the 11-plus become such a powerful idea in English education?
Professor Peter Mandler joins us to discuss selection, meritocracy and the history behind today's debates.
Now available as a podcast.
open.spotify.com/episode/4IT…
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"I feel guilty we're giving my daughter an advantage because we're paying for tutoring." Grammar school entry is a "moral dilemma". When families feel they must pay to avoid their child being disadvantaged, the problem isn't the parents. It's the system.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyp…
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How transparent is the 11-plus?
FOI documents show a major test provider advising schools how to resist requests for admissions testing information.
Should details of tests that shape children's futures be hidden as "commercially confidential"?
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Comprehensive Future retweeted
Jun 1
Most ruthless and ambitious parents who want their children to attend grammar school arrange for them to have special tuition at home to prepare for the examination two years before it takes place. This latest move by the grammar schools will not alter the social background of their pupils.
UK grammar schools are moving 11 plus exams from September to July to stop families buying intensive summer tutoring and give all kids a fairer shot at selective places. Does this fix the real access gaps in UK education or just shift the pressure earlier?
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Fascinating, if horrifying, history of academic selection in secondary schools with @comp_future
#Inequality #Discrimination
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.@jldeasley interviews historian Professor Peter Mandler about the history of academic selection and what we can learn from the post-war education system. He busts those popular myths about grammar schools and social mobility. youtu.be/L2oNS9eknRI?si=C_du…
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I asked once if 11 was testing parents bank balances rather than kids abilities as tutoring costs were nearing £50 per hour
If grammar schools need to redesign the 11-plus to reduce tutoring and middle-class cramming, they’re admitting the system isn’t measuring ‘ability’ in the first place. The tutoring industry won’t disappear because the test is 6 weeks earlier. dailymail.com/news/article-1…
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If grammar schools need to redesign the 11-plus to reduce tutoring and middle-class cramming, they’re admitting the system isn’t measuring ‘ability’ in the first place. The tutoring industry won’t disappear because the test is 6 weeks earlier. dailymail.com/news/article-1…
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“If selection doesn’t improve social mobility, why are we doing it?”
Professor Peter Mandler discusses the history — and consequences — of the 11 and academic selection in Britain.
New interview with Jack Deasley for Comprehensive Future.
Watch: youtu.be/kfXmDse3yO8
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“The government will build a truly inclusive education system that works for every family.” This is a great idea, but it only works if grammar schools drop the ridiculous 11-plus admissions that discriminate against SEND pupils and poorer families. schoolsweek.co.uk/education-…
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As the government talks about inclusive mainstream education, questions about selective schooling are becoming harder to avoid.
A supporter has launched this petition on grammar schools and SEND reform:
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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It's not about grammar schools having low FSM because "leafy suburbs." Wherever grammars are based data regularly shows two schools a mile or two apart — one takes ~3% FSM, the other ~25% . Selection using an 11 is the problem, not grammar schools' location.
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Nobody tutors for apprenticeships, numpty. And if you close all the grammar schools in the inner cities and leave open those only a few in the leafy suburbs don’t be surprised if not many are on free school meals. Doh!
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Research shows the 11-plus shapes identity, confidence and belonging for decades after children take it. More than 50 years on, women who sat the 11-plus still feel its effects. Selection doesn’t just sort pupils. It stays with them. comprehensivefuture.org.uk/m…
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Moving the 11-plus and aligning it with the curriculum sounds fairer… But as one tutor puts it, "Tutoring will adapt rather than disappear.” There is no such thing as a tutor proof test. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy01…
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“Nobody is getting in off the back of picking up half a dozen practice papers from WH Smith in the summer of year 5." When entry depends on years of paid prep, the system is surely flawed beyond fixing. inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/…
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“Grammar School” areas are abetter named “Secondary Modern” areas* as there are 3x more Sec Mods than Grammars (*actually better called selective areas!).
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The SEND white paper promises every child will achieve and thrive. But it assumes all schools admit a representative intake. In grammar school areas, they don't — by design. comprehensivefuture.org.uk/e…
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