Grammatical error
Lifting a ban on new selective schools would damage social mobility
NEARLY half of Theresa May’s cabinet went to comprehensive (ie, non-selective) state schools; Justine Greening, the new education secretary, is one of them. Outside 10 Downing Street on July 13th, Mrs May pointed out that those in state schools had less of a chance of making it to the top than their privately educated peers. That, she said, must change: “We will do everything we can to help anybody, whatever your background, to go as far as your talents will take you.”
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