Only 5% of schools in England are grammar schools - but a whopping 40% in Northern Ireland mean academic selection is pressuring kids

Chris Evans, headmaster of historic Reading School, says the new exams designed for 'the curious child' will aim to 'assess creativity' and 'knowledge already learnt in state schools up to Year 5'.

A grammar school has announced changes to its 11-plus test in an effort to counter what it calls the “insidious rise” of ... Read more

Using rich longitudinal data from the UK’s Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), the authors compare the performance of private and state school pupils in age 16 national examinations (GCSEs) in England, ...

Money raised through PTA-run tests helping to pay for grammar school MacBooks, cricket nets and new buildings