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Sutton Trust statement on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
17 Dec 2024
Sir Peter Lampl wrote to The Times about grammar schools.
Sir, Further to Tim Montgomerie’s article, there is no question that grammar schools are socially selective. The average proportion of pupils entitled to free school meals in grammar schools is 3 per cent compared with 18 per cent in the boroughs they serve. As things stand, they are not vehicles of social mobility. Through outreach, test preparation for all and contextual admission they could be reformed. Not until this happens should there be an expansion of the number of grammar schools.