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Last Checked Dec. 31, 2022

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Wed Dec 28 10:48:59 +0000 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @Lynn06783085: @PhilJohnGoode1 @ClarkeMicah @friel_raymond None of that existed when there were plenty of grammars. My grammar was a mix… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 28, 2022 Retweet

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

For perhaps the two millionth time, .@apwood1960, this affects the tiny rump of surviving grammar schools (in reality super-selective comps) mostly in well-off areas. It would not happen in a national academically selective system. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Wood @APWood1960

@ClarkeMicah @friel_raymond But what about the coaching problem? Prep schools around here are full of pupils being prepared for the 11+.

Posted Dec. 28, 2022

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.@policy_uk There would *be*pressure, but it would not outrageously favour those able to pay for tuition and prep schools, as it does now. And selection by wealth for 'good' comprehensives would cease. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClarkeMicah @APWood1960 Yes, because there would be so many places in selective schools the pressure for a place will hve gone.

Posted Dec. 28, 2022

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