Surrey headteachers sign letter expressing strong opposition to grammars
Heads from every state secondary school in Surrey have signed a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May expressing their opposition to more grammar schools
The letter, also addressed to Education Secretary Justine Greening, says that heads in Surrey are strongly opposed to the idea of opening of new grammars, which they believe creates a "selective, segregated, two-tier state funded system of education.”
They say 95 per cent of pupils in Surrey are already at good or outstanding schools, and that there is no evidence that grammar schools have any positive impact on social mobility.
They also call on the prime minister to focus on real problems facing schools, which they say are "continuing funding cuts, an unassuaged and escalating recruitment crisis."
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