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by Jackie Porter on 15 March, 2017
This money is supposedly to help cash strapped Counties build new schools. But they must either be Free schools (which have a different set of criteria) or Selective schools.
So imagine- you get the money to build a selective school…
…who pays for the one that you’ll need next door for the children who don’t pass the 11plus?
Each school (maybe alongside each other) has to have a full range of facilities- or will it?
The cash strapped county might be tempted to cut corners- with possibly less facilities for the less academically able?
A well resourced secondary school will cost £35 million+
So, instead of building one, non selective school, the bill will be doubled- £70million!!
And with the teacher shortage, where do we find teaching staff for these schools? Disastrous.
We need well resourced schools (including well trained teaching staff) that deliver good and outstanding education, not selective schools for just a few.
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