I’m very excited to share with you the details of our next webinar about transitions from primary to secondary education Maudsley Learning this is part of our new project SHIFT you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Sammy Wright gives this year's Caroline Benn Memorial Lecture here! actionnetwork.org/events/carolin…

A party that seems to have failed to notice one of its few successes in government. English schools are now outperforming almost every European country in every international comparative test. There is no argument at all for grammar schools.

Publication day! Here’s my analysis of how the grammar school system, Bourdieu’s symbolic violence and social justice inter-relate. ⁦Taylor & Francis Research Insights⁩ IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society ⁦IOE Research⁩ ⁦BSA Bourdieu⁩ ⁦AERABourdieuSIG⁩ ⁦Comprehensive Future⁩ url6649.tandfonline.com/ls/click?upn=u…

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If you want a long-read to explain why, despite the Conservative’s comprehensive school successes, they just can’t let go of the ‘zombie’ grammar policy - here you are (Chapter 3 of Schools Week’s 10 years of covering schools reform policy) schoolsweek.co.uk/the-zombie-gra…

Could it be that a typical state secondary school with 24% of Free School Meals pupils feels a bit uncomfortable asking alumni for financial help? Grammar schools have an easy extra funding stream because they select for the type of pupils who end up with well paid jobs.

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Graham Brady's one bit of evidence that grammar schools are a good thing is that 'pupils in selective areas as a whole got more good GCSE grades.' Those authorities import huge numbers of high attaining pupils from other areas, didn't he think of that?politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

Comprehensive Future Local Traff. Grmmr: 72 feeder schools Local Traff. Scndry: 25 feeder schools So Grammar takes the 2-4% from 72 schools, gets good GCSE outcomes and everyone thinks they've done a good job 🤷 The progress 8 diff. I find amazing as well, the Secondary kids seem to go backwards

Errrrr....also look at the attainment gaps!

Comprehensive Future Even so, the local authorities with most grammar schools are not those whose overall GCSE "performance is highest

It's disappointing to see Conservative leadership candidates pledging to create new grammar schools. Why look to the past and revive this bad policy?schoolsweek.co.uk/more-grammars-…?

There's been no increase in applications for grammar schools, despite the private school lobby insisting VAT on school fees will cause demand for selective schools. "The number of children registered to sit the 11-plus has fallen slightly."theguardian.com/education/2024…

A week today our chair nuala burgess 💙 will be speaking in a free webinar, 'Putting Young People First: Transitions from Primary to Secondary School.' Register for a place here >>>maudsleylearning.com/webinar/ml-web…

We'll be talking about Dr Maria Livanou's study of the kind of stress & anxiety kids can suffer when moving to big school, especially those who've failed, but also those who've passed, an 11+ . Different anxieties, equally stressful Comprehensive Future KCL Jenny M 💙🇺🇦 Jane Martin