Theresa May to bring back grammar schools in ‘victory for common sense’
Tory campaigners celebrate as ban on new selective schools will be overturned
THE Prime Minister will overturn a nearly 20-year ban on new grammar schools in what has been hailed as a "victory for common sense".
Theresa May is expected to announce the brave new policy on academic selection as early as the Conservative Party conference in the autumn.
“If you’re a really bright kid you should have the opportunity to excel as far as your talents take you,” they added.
Mrs May is pinning her leadership on addressing social mobility and what is seen as an increasing gap between haves and have-nots in society.
The move has been celebrated by Tory campaigners.
Graham Brady, who quit the party's front bench in 2007 over Cameron's views on education, said the change would help “raise standards".
He told the newspaper: “The ban on new grammar schools introduced by Labour makes no sense and is an unjustified restriction of choice for parents and communities that want this kind of education,” he said.
“Scrapping Labour’s absurd ban on grammar schools would be great news and an early achievement for Theresa May’s government.”
Tory MP Gareth Johnson said: “Thousands of children will be able to take advantage of increased social mobility and opportunities that this creates".
Education secretary Justine Greening will lead the reintroduction of new grammar schools.
However, no exact plans about how the policy will be rolled out have yet been made.
There are only 163 grammar schools in England and 69 in Northern Ireland.
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