The pros and cons of grammar schools

Truss tasks ministers with planning new wave of selective establishments

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Critics of the 11+ exam say it is unfair
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Liz Truss is planning to end the 24-year ban on new grammars, the schools minister has confirmed.

Jonathan Gullis told the Conservative Party conference: “I would hope that there will be - before the next election - legislation brought forward to lift that ban.”

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