Gramma/Faith school consultation

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If anyone is struggling with the absurd questions this is an excellent example of someone else's replies which should help you:

www.thersa.org/discover/publications-and-articles/rsa-blogs/2016/12/grammar-school-consultation

My own replies were less polite than this.

Please do not fall for the government's attempts to make you think it will be pointless to respond.

Thanks. Do you know if you need to respond to all questions or can you just respond to some and your replies would still be counted? Are new grammar schools definitely going ahead now?

I don't think you have to reply to them all - you can always put N/A in the ones you don't want to answer if you're concerned. The government is trying to create the impression that grammars are a done deal - presumably to deter people from responding to the consultation. In reality an overwhelming negative to the consultation is important - it will give more power to those Tory MPs who are opposed (quite a few of them are) and should embolden Heads too.

So far enthusiasm outside the PM's own council has been decidedly lacking. Oxfordshire (Tory council) has rejected, Cornwall (Lib Dem but only one out of 29 Tories voted in favour) has rejected in a very strongly worded motion www.cornwalllive.com/cornwall-council-overwhelmingly-voted-against-grammar-schools-for-cornwall/story-29927075-detail/story.html.

You don't have to respond to them all, but your replies do need to be calm and reasonable - having been on the receiving end of consultation responses, it's the ranty aggressive ones that are most likely to be binned.

If you can include some evidence, or undermine their evidence with rational arguments (not difficult) then do. It also would be useful to include your own personal experiences if they're relevant to the arguments - though recent experience, in a modern context, is probably more relevant than experience from your own childhood (i.e. don't fall into the same trap as the politicians).