Angela Rayner MP, Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the EPI Report on Grammar Schools and Social Mobility, said:

“Today’s report joins the mountains of evidence that proves a return to grammar schools will not improve education for all, but will actively make things worse.

“Tory plans to bring back grammar schools are nothing more than a distraction to cover up the real problems they have created over the last 6 years: a teacher shortage crisis, thousands of children in super-sized classes, school budget cuts and not enough good school places.

“As the consultation on grammar schools closes today the Tories need to recognise that a Government’s job is to provide a good education for all children, not just a lucky few.”

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