In Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Faversham, I am fortunate to have an excellent grammar school in my constituency.
I asked the Education Secretary Justine Greening in the House of Commons if she agrees that it's not right for an excellent academic education to be available only to those who can move to the catchment areas of outstanding schools.
She replied: "We need to improve diversity and choice. As the Prime Minister has said, the reality is that too often in Britain we do have selection, but it is on the basis of house prices, which is totally unacceptable in a modern Britain. We need to challenge ourselves to talk about how we can change that and improve standards for children, wherever they are in our country. Simply saying that something is off the table because of political ideology and dogma does not serve the children whose future prospects we want to improve."
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