Bertrand you keep the designation of 'Ancient' going, because by doing so you are trying to convince people the 1950s educational Apartheid still exists today
Shrewd observation there but I think this poster has a child at Grammar school so probably does know quite well the in's and out's of it all? Correct me if I am wrong Bertrand Russel?
Yet another dp of a dc who has got in and who wants to stop the rest of us accessing it.
I am not sure if I posted this here or another thread
www.gov.uk/government/speeches/hmcis-monthly-commentary-june-2016
Ofsted's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, comments on the most able pupils, saying that there is still too much talent going to waste
The question of how well our brightest pupils are supported and challenged to achieve high academic results after they transfer to secondary school has been the subject of 2 high profile Ofsted studies in recent years.
Both these surveys found that thousands of pupils who achieved well at primary school, especially those from more disadvantaged backgrounds, were failing to reach their full potential after the age of 11. The reasons for this were:
poor transition arrangements with feeder primary schools that left many academically gifted pupils treading water in their first few years of secondary school, rather than building on the gains made at key stage 2
a culture of low expectations and a failure to nurture high ambition and scholastic excellence
few checks being made on whether the teaching of mixed ability groups was challenging the brightest children sufficiently
disproportionate effort being spent in many schools on getting pupils over the GCSE D/C borderline rather than supporting the most able to secure the top A/A* grades
If I have a bright academic dc why should I risk it? Why?
If my other dc are not as academic as the first why would I want to squeeze them into such a school????