Oliver Wright of the Times cites Sir Peter Lampl’s comment on the government’s grammar School plans.

Ambitious plans to drive up educational standards in some of the most deprived areas have been delayed amid fears that they could be amended or even abandoned because of the government’s new grammar schools policy.

The Department for Education had been due to announce the ten areas of the country selected to receive additional funding and intensive support to improve school performance before parliament broke for the summer recess.

Those plans have been put on hold as Justine Greening, the education secretary, looks into a policy to reverse a ban on new grammar schools. Downing Street believes that its grammar school policy is key to raising standards in under-performing areas.

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Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust education charity, said: “We mustn’t lose sight of the importance of tackling poor education in disadvantaged communities or allow the whole education debate to be consumed into a row about structural change in a small number of schools.”

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