That was the original tripartite plan, but the technical schools never really took off apart from in a few areas - e.g. Leicestershire, if I remember correctly, had a proper tripartite system. (View Post)

Agree. But that fixation on grammar schools is not widely spread beyond a few on PB. As I've asked before, why is it that no Tory government, going back to Thatcher, has seriously tried to expan… (View Post)

Not grammar schools again, please. The only place I ever come across nostalgia for grammar schools is on PB. They are the past, not the future. Even the Tory Party has shut up about them (apart from … (View Post)

According to that article, Amersi paid £100,000 to have breakfast with Boris Johnson. I'd happily pay £10 not to have breakfast with Boris Johnson. (View Post)

But that's because of the social composition of Bucks and Trafford, not because they have grammar schools. Their primary schools do very well, before selection at 11. Guess why? Social class. (View Post)