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To believe that we need to create two hundred more Grammar Schools for the Shires of England.

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redange · 26/08/2026 12:28

To believe England needs two hundred new Grammar schools across the country and in doing this take the number of English Grammar Schools to 363.

I appreciate this is a post that is going to lead to me being called names and for posters to be looking at spelling and grammar mistakes as a means of belittlement .

Nonetheless, there must be support among some posters for the lifting of the 1998 Labour Ban on the creation of Grammar Schools where there is a desire or clear need. The only Grammar School that has been built since 1965 being the Weal Of Kent Grammar Annexe in Sevenoaks . Surely if the country is going to be able to grow economically, we need to revisit the idea of selective education across Sport, Art and academic rigour. It is also not impossible that a fairer and more equitable system of selection could be introduced alongside the 11+ exam. Thus, in doing so access to selective education should not be a 'one and only' chance. I think this is where a lot of people have problems, because they see selective education through the prism of pass or fail. Pass or Fail does not mean the same today as it meant in 1965 because firstly the advent of a single exam system of GCSE's and A levels that all pupils take or can advance to.

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RedPanda901 · 26/08/2026 12:32

Why do you think the grammar school system is needed in this day and age? Who do you think should be main beneficiaries?
Children from poor backgrounds who are smart?
Anyone smart who can’t afford private education?

SadiraOfTyr · 26/08/2026 12:31

Have you looked at the birth rates? We're not going to be building any new schools - we're going to be closing them down. We've already lost two infants schools locally and many more are unsustainable - in a few years secondaries will be similarly affected.