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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Grammar Schools (8 October 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy not to amend the (a) status of existing grammar schools and (b) right of local areas to operate academic selection.

Asked by:
Joy Morrissey (Conservative)

Answer

There are 163 grammar schools in England that are located across 35 local authority areas. The government does not plan to allow any new grammar schools to open nor to legislate to remove the right of existing grammar schools to select by ability.


Answered by:
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
16 October 2024

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