Peter Hitchens

@ClarkeMicah ↗

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@comp_future. I do not * ignore* it. I specifically point out that a few surviving grammars in mainly well-off areas, taking comprehensive school examinations, give no indication of how an actual academically selective system worked or would work. — PolitiTweet.org

@RogueRad @ClarkeMicah Hitchens ignores all evidence from fully selective counties like Bucks, Lincs and Kent. In f… https://t.co/fMtkWMwEyy

Posted Dec. 19, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Please stop misrepresenting my position comp_future. The tiny rump of surviving grammars are just highly-selective comps, besieged by the well-off. They give no indication of how a national academically selective system worked, or would work. — PolitiTweet.org

@RolySpeller @RogueRad @ClarkeMicah That's a fair point, but most grammar school supporters, including @ClarkeMicah… https://t.co/jBYRz1w6OT

Posted Dec. 19, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Very likely .@spikyaphrodite Then again, do all state primaries encourage bright children from poor homes to attempt them? — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah Very few working class pupils actually attempt the entrance exams for the remaining selective state sc… https://t.co/iN7NsMBLAL

Posted Dec. 19, 2022