Grammar School Flashcards

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What does the gov aim to establish with more grammar schools?

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The government aimed to establish a “high quality, non-selective free school”

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What is May’s plan?

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May plans to repeal a ban on new grammar schools imposed by Tony Blair in 1998.

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The proportion of free school meals in grammar school

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Only 2.5% of grammar school pupils are eligible for free meals, compared to 13.2% in all state funded secondary schools.

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May’s plan to expand grammar school

• The number

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Enable the existing 166 selective schools to expand

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May’s plan to expand grammar school

• Quota system

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A quota system allowing schools to give priority in admissions to children on the pupil premium

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May’s plan to expand grammar school

• Deprived area

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Set up or sponsor a primary feeder school in a deprived area or sponsor an underperforming academy

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May’s plan to expand grammar school

• Disadvantaged children

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Primary school head teachers would put forward a number of disadvantaged children who may not have done well enough in the test, but who they feel show promise.

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How does grammar school improve social mobility

• Lower income households

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It will be a driver of social mobility, as new grammars will have to take a proportion of pupils from lower income households. They will be required to sponsor an under-performing academy school.

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Example of social mobility

• Rugby High School for Gils

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The headteacher of Rugby High School for Girls in Warwickshire reserves 10 places out of its annual intake of 120 for children eligible for free school meals.

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New requirements that make Grammar school fairer

• Quota

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Any school wishing to become a grammar must abide by quotas for children from low-income homes.

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Advantages of Grammar school

• attainment gap

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Grammar schools reduce the attainment gap between rich and poor children.

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Advantages of Grammar school

• New requirement for independent school

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Independent schools will be expected to play a major role in creating more places for children from “ordinary working families”

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Advantages of Grammar school

• Social mobility!

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A means for the gifted but disadvantaged to go beyond their social and economic boundaries, giving access to the top universities and most prestigious careers.

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Success

• Ofsted rating

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82% of grammar schools are classed as “outstanding” by Ofsted

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Success

• GCSE results

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In 2015, all grammar school pupils achieved five or more good grades at GCSE and equivalent qualifications compared with around two-thirds at comprehensives.

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Success

• Outperform non-selective schools

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Grammar school pupils progress faster and outperform children of similar ability who attend non-selective schools.

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Failures

• free school meals

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Less than 3% of entrants to grammar schools are entitled to free school meals

18
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Failures

• GCSE

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Poor students in selective areas achieve worse GCSE results than their counterparts in non-selective areas

19
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Failures

• English and Maths

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Only 28% of pupils gained A*-C grades in English and Maths, down from 41% in 2012