Grammar Schools

I am all for choice, fortunate enough to live in an area which has 4 Grammar Schools, hopefully we can keep them open.

Our Comprehensive Schools are of a good standard, as are the several Private / Boarding Schools.

Let's hope once this H of Cs debacle is over some focus on all educational establishments can happen.

Agree with you DoraMarr great if you manage to get a place, needless to say I was written off at 11, didn't pass the exam, (dyslexia), back in those days, 50s and 60s, written off as lazy and stupid. I seem to have managed to have made a very good life in the interim. Grandkids are home educated and seem to be doing fine.

All very well for those who got a place at grammar school based on one examination, but for the rest there was secondary modern school, which did not prepare children for higher education, and in fact most children left at 15. The comprehensive school system is the best, allowing all children to achieve, even late developers. Unfortunately the existence of private schools, public schools and grammars means that true comprehensive education can’t be achieved.

My DH had a family who were not very well off, his mother had Mental health problems, he had polio as a baby and spent time in a childrens home pre-school. He will shortly retire as a well respected highly qualified professional who has (with me) been able to support our children through university too. He would no;t have been able to achieve this without having gone to Grammar School. Me? my parents just thought it wasn't worth educating girls had it not been for Grammar School I would not have had opportunities either.