The Podium

Selection for school places – whether academically or otherwise – ranks among the most polarising topics in education policy, with equally passionate advocates and detractors. But this was not always the case, with the inception of grammar schools attracting cross-party support as part of the post-war consensus. Is there a role for such schools today? What can be learned from the successes and failures of the past?

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