ALL this TALK about GRAMMAR SCHOOLS

Funnily enough, the ban on new grammar schools has led to the old ones being in huge demand, so house prices around the few remaining grammar schools rose a lot, driving out the poor people since they can't afford to buy or rent houses there, hence why grammar schools today are full of upper middle class.

Give us more grammar schools, and everyone has a chance to get in.

Yes I agree with you although like I said in my blog http://themodernperspectives.blogspot.co.uk/a small 11+ test isn't really an accurate measure of smartness...
And many kids get tuition specifically for the 11+ grammar school test whilst some cannot afford it.. and that doesn't seem fair to me.

But I do agree. It's natural selection really isn't it? It's the way life goes. The more able rise to the top.

I hate the idea go to a all girls Grammar School for Sixth form, I think they're crap and way overrated would never suggest it to anyone

You have to remember not all grammar schools are the same. I went to a girls grammar school initially then moved to a boys grammar school for sixth form and loved them both.


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It just seems strange to focus on pushing the best and ignoring the rest. Education is dire in this country and surely it is better to improve things for the majority. But whatever, perhaps that is too big an ask.

But why should that be done at the detriment to the brightest. It's even more unfair to hold students back because others aren't as smart.


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In all but the most terrible comprehensives top students don't need to be held back if you just use streaming. My school had relatively poor stats/performance and still the top students got top grades (I live in Wales so grammar schools aren't an option incidentally). Most brighter students are far more self-motivated and far less dependent on teachers, so it seems to me somewhat ironic to focus more resources on them and thus less on everyone else. I would be more for introducing more grammar schools if education in general were in a fit state but this seems like it will serve to further take attention off the majority and only slightly push the minority, if at all.

I don't see why people are against creating new grammar schools, surely it'll just be for the best

It just seems strange to focus on pushing the best and ignoring the rest. Education is dire in this country and surely it is better to improve things for the majority. But whatever, perhaps that is too big an ask.