Grammar Schools

When It's Cool to be Dumb

Brian John Spencer | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Brian John Spencer

For the average young person, quite frankly it's not cool to be smart. Stick your head above the noisy herd and you risk setting yourself out for a barrage of scorn and ridicule. What a sad and perverse state of affairs: that a young person should be punished for showing ambition.

Time for a Good Old-Fashioned Debate on Education

Dennis Hayes | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Dennis Hayes

We don't know what education is and, as a consequence, we do not know what debate means. Debate is at the heart of education and if there is a crisis about one there is a crisis about the other.

Teacher To Undergo Sex Change Op Over Summer

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.07.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A teacher has been praised for his bravery after it emerged he will undergo a sex change operation before returning to take classes as a woman. Pup...

Are Grammar Schools Failing Bright Pupils?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Grammar schools have been accused of failing to challenge brighter pupils and not setting targets high enough at GCSE levels. A report released on ...

Controversial Grammar Plans Get Tory Thumbs Up

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Plans to open a new grammar school have been approved by the local Conservative council, despite the government banning academic selection in schools....

Are Grammar Schools Set To Make A Comeback?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Controversial plans to allow a grammar school to open an annexe look set to receive a backing by the local Conservative-led authority. A petition h...

Council Considers Controversial Grammar School Bid

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 09.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A Conservative council will examine whether it can open a new grammar school following a relaxation of rules by the government, which will be the firs...

Social Mobility: Who's Winning in the School-Fiddling Wars?

Jennie Bristow | Posted 26.08.2011 | UK
Jennie Bristow

Middle-class parents in the know are taking their children out of the top private schools that have Junior and Senior sections, and instead sending them to smaller preparatory schools, which prepare children for the 11+ exam that allows entry to state-funded grammar schools