A look at the background to grammar schools and why they have proved controversial.

What are grammar schools and why are they controversial?

Schools – which select pupils based on academic ability – will also have to show proof of a need for extra places in their area.

School leaders fume at £50m funding for grammar expansion

Researchers used data on more 549,203 pupils in England in 2015, looking at information on their attainment, school and background.

Government plans for a new generation of grammars mean selective schools will "work for everyone", according to the education secretary.

Education secretary met by booing and shouts of "rubbish" after she claimed that selective schools help close attainment gap.

Research from the Royal Society found no evidence that disadvantaged children would be helped by more grammar school places.

A new report argues pupils from this ethnic group would benefit from reintroducing grammar schools focused on their needs.

The chief of Ofsted has criticised Theresa May's plan to approve a new wave of selective grammar schools calling it "socially divisive".

Shami Chakrabarti has defended sending her son to an £18,000 per year private school at the same time as criticising selective education.

An expansion of grammar schools is likely to lead to "small but growing attainment losses", the report warns.

A new poll suggests the majority of education professionals do not believe tests taken at the age of 11 can measure academic potential.

The PM believes grammar schools allow the best to succeed - but the question is whether they raise standards for all.

Theresa May is to unveil plans for a new wave of grammar schools that will end "selection by house price".

The Prime Minister looks set to give the go-ahead to a new generation of grammar schools, but what is the debate on selective education?


Theresa May has laid out plans for a new generation of grammar schools, saying the education system already has "selection by house price".