Kent grammar schools ‘social mobility’ questioned
A committee set up to tackle social mobility in Kent grammar schools will hear from seven head teachers amid councillors’ fears that more should be done.
Councillors are also examining the admissions criteria and grammar schools' outreach work to support poorer pupils, after figures released in October showed that 2.8 per cent of grammar pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with 13.4 per cent in non-selective schools.
Jenny Whittle, Conservative councillor and committee chair, has said that figures are improving with grammar pupils eligible for free school meals now over three per cent, but admitted she would like to see that figure doubled.
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