Whether a disadvantaged child gets through the 11-plus and is selected for grammar school education is akin to throwing “a loaded dice”, researchers have claimed.
A report into how the 11-plus works in the county of Kent has concluded that several parts of the selection process combine to make it less likely that disadvantaged children are selected.
The study has been carried out by think-tank Education Datalab in light of the government’s proposals to allow existing grammar schools to expand and new selective schools to open.
A consultation over the plans closed in December. The results are yet to be published. However, the government signalled its intention to go ahead with the policy in March’s Budget when £320 million was put aside for 140 new schools.
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