Why do so few low‐ and middle‐income children attend a grammar school? New evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study
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DOI: 10.1002/berj.3502
Abstract: Proponents argue that grammar schools enhance social mobility by allowing high-attaining pupils to attend elite schools, no matter what their social background. However, disadvantaged pupils cannot benefit from grammar schools unless they gain access to… read more here.
Keywords: grammar; school; grammar school; new evidence ... See more keywords
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ATTENDING A GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND CHILDREN’S SOCIO-EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES. NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE MILLENNIUM COHORT STUDY
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DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2018.1518513
Abstract: ABSTRACT Several areas in the UK allocate children to secondary schools based on exam results at age 11. While many studies have investigated how attending academically selective schools affects pupils’ subsequent educational attainment, we know… read more here.
Keywords: attending grammar; millennium cohort; grammar school; socio emotional ... See more keywords
Selection on attainment? Local authorities, pupil backgrounds, attainment and grammar school opportunities
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DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2018.1483893
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper uses the National Pupil Database to explore how grammar school opportunities vary among pupil groups, and how grammar school opportunities correlate with the Local Authorities (LAs), pupil backgrounds and attainment. The results… read more here.
Keywords: pupil backgrounds; school; backgrounds attainment; grammar school ... See more keywords
Just As I Am: A Life of J.R. Darling / The Master Gardener: T.R. Garnett of Marlborough College, Geelong Grammar School, The Age and the Garden of St Erth
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DOI: 10.1080/1031461x.2019.1559448
Abstract: Two very big books about two rich and varied lives, linked by their successive terms as headmaster of Geelong Grammar School (GGS). James Ralph Darling served three decades and retired somewhat jad... read more here.
Keywords: darling master; grammar school; life darling; geelong grammar ... See more keywords