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Grammars profit from sales of ‘mock’ 11-plus exams

January 19, 2017 at 01:10PM Grammar schools are pocketing tens of thousands of pounds from mock 11-plus tests, fuelling worries that reintroducing selective schools will “end up assessing wealth not ability”. Sutton grammar school’s parent teacher association (PTA) openly advertises the sale of mock tests at £28 a pupil to help to prepare them for

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Revealed: ‘Paused’ academy trusts are ducking their ban

January 19, 2017 at 01:10PM Academy sponsors banned by the government from taking over new schools seem to have dodged the prohibition. Figures obtained by Schools Week show that 57 sponsors at different times have been put on the government’s “pause list” and told they cannot take over new schools. Bans remain in place for

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Academy chain leader ‘won’t rule out’ expansion of grammar streams

January 19, 2017 at 01:10PM A Gloucestershire academy that started a “grammar stream”, giving a small group of children access to specialist teachers and lectures at a nearby private school, will continue the project for at least another year and may expand the model. Swindon academy last year launched an “elite” academic curriculum for up

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