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Grammar Schools: Admissions

Asked by Dan TomlinsonLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 27 February 2025UIN 33290

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to help reduce (a) inequalities in the admissions process to academically selective grammar schools and (b) disparities in access to tutoring for admission tests to those schools.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

The admission authorities for grammar schools set their schools’ selection criteria. This government’s priority is ensuring high and rising standards across every school to secure a brilliant education for every child.

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