In an already divided and very unequal society, the proposal to widen the availability of grammar schools and in effect do away with comprehensive education is, in my view, a backward step.
In this day and age, when we are told there are fewer and fewer unskilled and semi-skilled jobs available, I believe we need to ensure that a first class, all-round education that will equip young people for the modern world is available to all.
Being defined at the age of 11 as being less able/intelligent/academic is, I think, a sure-fire way of alienating young people, turning them off education and limiting their future prospects. As children develop at different rates, often due to external circumstances rather than innate abilities, this means that some people who might have been a great asset to the country in various fields of endeavour might never achieve their potential.