I oppose grammars. I went to an excellent grammar, I have no children yet - but I'll hopefully be able to send them to comp.
why does it have to be gender blind? Why not select at different ages for boys and girls? Easy solutions.
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Anyway, what is the evidence in favour of returning to selection?
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why not streaming in all comps instead? Streaming allows kids to blossom at different ages (in different subjects)
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Why not, indeed?
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cos streaming only works for brightest kids if you have enough for a whole class. Many comps don't. Mine didn't.
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really? My comp had 220 in each year. Why not rank kids in order of ability in each subject & set classes that way?
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Why only select via 11+ ? Why not Common Entrance equivalent at 12+ for later developers?
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there is. We had kids join at 13
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Seems sensible, most private schools do it.
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was called 13+. Plus had people join at GCSE level and loads more in the 6th form
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Funny how none of this flexibility ever gets mentioned in the dogmatic anti-Grammar hysteria....
@JuliaHB1 -
my brother failed his 11+ but then went to a grammar school for a levels
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although he dropped out after AS cos he wasn't doing well in the exams and did a BTEC instead which was better for him
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Exactly - same as my brother, some of us are academic, some not.
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