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What’s the date of the study? With the opening statement reading, “The election of a new government” i,ll presume it’s when Labour came to power, if so a tad out of date don’t you think? It states, “There are 160 Grammar schools in England” there are in fact, 164 but why split hairs over a thousand pupils or 4 more schools! The geographical position has little relevance to performance of Grammar schools, I am aware of children travelling for 1.3hrs a day via bus, I sympathise totally but, these children are willing to pay that price for a better education-it’s called dedication.
“Selectiveeducation involves choosing more able pupils for entry into Grammar schools” Wrong, children volunteer, choosing the potential candidate does not come into play. The “volunteered” participants sit an entrance exam, open to “everyone” bar none. The top percentages of that age group are enlisted into the available schools, often a school of their choice.
“Judging how well a selective school systems perform requires an evaluation of all pupils” Wrong, to judge a Grammar school is to judge “that” school by its performance in isolation, not as part of some “collective” system, that’s absurd.
Why are you convinced on penalising more able children who when placed in schools with peers of similar ability outperform [as to be expected] most other children. You cannot constantly “bash the Grammar schools” because of your ingrained anger towards what you see as “an unfair selective system” Succa we are not all equal in life! Some will be brain surgeons, most will not, get over it.
I refer back to my earlier link, where the results speak volumes.
Paul.

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