To think that the best non selective comps are really selective?

[Cortina]

Thinking about GCSE results at the following non selective state schools:

Thomas Telford that got 46% A/A, Dame Alice Owen, 67% A/A, Parminters, 53% A/A, Watford Grammar for Girls 67% A/A, St Aidan's Harrogate, 59% A/A, Lady Margaret, 60% A/A, Hasmonean High, 55% A/A, King David High 55% A/A, JFS, Kenton, 50% A/A, Thomas Telford 98% A-C including English and maths, 46% A/A, Cardinal Vaughan, 57% A/A, St John the Baptist, Kingfield, 51% A/A, Camden for girls 44% A/A*.

These are impressive results for non selective comps! If really the case then perhaps these are the schools we should consider moving house for?

"People appear to be objecting to selection by ability (whether overt or by stealth) which, to my naive/ignorant mind, seems a bit like objecting to awarding Olympic medals for those that come first/top in competition etc."

I object to it when it is by stealth, I have no problem with selecting by ability (I support grammar schools and I attended one without ever having had any form of tutoring, so I know it really can work very well for some children, as I was one of them) if it is obvious from the outset that is what they are doing. They shouldn't advertise as comprehensive if they are not.