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The current argument against Grammar schools is that the eleven plus makes the ones who don't pass, a failure. The problem is that because Labour closed so many grammar schools, then everyone then had to fight harder to get into the ones that were left. If there were more of them, then more kids would get into them, and the ones that failed wouldn't be so bothered, especially if the new changes allow kids to retry at 12 and 13. Lots of kids don't want to go to a grammar school, and a lot aren't bright enough either, so why do the left insist on saying that grammar schools cause everyone who doesn't get in to feel a failure.
Parent wouldn't need to tutor their kids to get them in, and the left wing couldn't complain that the rich middle classes were pushing the working class kids into crap comprehensive schools. House prices wouldn't rise in catchments areas because there would be more good schools to choose from.
Of course, setting up more grammar schools is only part of solution to the problem, Ofsted needs to do snap inspections, not give notice so a glossy picture of the school can be prepared in advance (I know schools where the disruptive kids get taken out for the day) and teaching standards (no offence Burnerman) need to be raised. SATs need to be dropped, or at least taken as a guidance not a standard to be chased. And at the end of the day, the disruptive kids need to understand that their education affect the rest of not only their life, but also the other kids in the class that do want to learn; old fashioned discipline and respect needs to be reintroduced.
Parent wouldn't need to tutor their kids to get them in, and the left wing couldn't complain that the rich middle classes were pushing the working class kids into crap comprehensive schools. House prices wouldn't rise in catchments areas because there would be more good schools to choose from.
Of course, setting up more grammar schools is only part of solution to the problem, Ofsted needs to do snap inspections, not give notice so a glossy picture of the school can be prepared in advance (I know schools where the disruptive kids get taken out for the day) and teaching standards (no offence Burnerman) need to be raised. SATs need to be dropped, or at least taken as a guidance not a standard to be chased. And at the end of the day, the disruptive kids need to understand that their education affect the rest of not only their life, but also the other kids in the class that do want to learn; old fashioned discipline and respect needs to be reintroduced.