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October 16, 2005
The Return of the 11 Plus.
Does this remind you of anything?
The country's brightest state-school children are to be "cherry-picked" at the age of 11 under new government plans to speed the development of the top-performing five per cent.
We could, ooooh, I don’t know, send them to different schools. Call them Grammar Schools or something. Bit of a weird idea I know but why not?
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I'd love to link to this, but could you link to the source of your quote?
Posted by: chris | Oct 16, 2005 8:16:03 PM
5%. Roughly the proportion that used to go to Uni before the deluge. Wot larks.
Posted by: dearieme | Oct 16, 2005 10:30:41 PM
When is the government going to realise that grammar school systems are just as bad as comprehensve school systems when the system is imposed on everyone - whether they want it or not?
I say that there should be no system - just independent providers and let parents choose the type of school they want.
Posted by: HJHJ | Oct 17, 2005 9:59:00 AM
After eight years in power, Labour might just be starting to improve education across the UK!
Excellent news.
Posted by: Snafu | Oct 17, 2005 2:24:41 PM
