Editorial: Grammar schools are an ideological sham, despite efforts to reform selection policies

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The uncomfortable truth about grammar schools is that they have become in many cases little more than a racket, allowing the middle classes to secure a private school-style for their children at no cost

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I went to a Grammar School with others from my village and we were just ordinary kids -nothing special - my Dad was a carpenter and I delivered newspapers for pocket money. One friend who is still in touch his father was in the navy -This was in Kent. I considered myself lucky

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