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Ending the 11+
We support an end to the 11+ exam and the system of grammar schools and secondary moderns. Ending this system will ensure that every child has an equal chance to succeed. This policy will also benefit students with additional needs and those on free school meals, who would otherwise have little chance of gaining a place at a grammar school. Instead, we support community comprehensive schools where students of all abilities learn together.
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Hi. I am Jasneet Samrai and I am the Deputy Director of Centre. I come from Medway, which is an area of the country that uses grammar schools. I have first-hand seen how broken this system is, so I have come to North East Hertfordshire today, which is an area of the country that has incredibly high social mobility and uses a different schooling system to the one that I am used to, which is that of a community comprehensive system. Now here, unlike in Medway, students with disabilities can go to whatever school they want to, students who are on free school meals can attend any school, and the fact is that any schooling system should be like the one here. Any pupil, no matter their background, should receive the same chances, and this is something that needs to happen across the country. So this is why Centre is pushing for a community comprehensive system for all pupils.