Grammar Schools need more than virtue signalling
Posted
on April 13
UKIP Education Spokesman David Kurten
AM said, "Despite her virtuous words of wanting to make sure that grammar
schools cater to ‘ordinary families’, Education Secretary Justine Greening does
not appear to have any coherent plan to ensure that this will
happen.
"The best way to make sure that all ‘ordinary families’ have access to a
grammar school is to roll them out over the whole country so that every town,
city and borough has one and all children have the opportunity of a highly
academic education if it suits them.
"There are only 164 grammar schools currently remaining in England. The
government’s current plan is to deliver a few dozen new grammar schools through
the free school system. This is not enough; the country needs hundreds more
grammar schools distributed around the country and particularly in areas which
don’t currently have one and where ‘ordinary families’ actually
live.
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