In 2017 Theresa May announced a £320m program to build a new generation of grammar schools. The plan would also will also pay for free transport for children from poorer families to attend selective schools within 15 miles of where they live. Opponents of the plan, including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, claim it will take away funds from public schools.
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Response rates from 11.3k Wigan voters.
31% Yes |
69% No |
31% Yes |
47% No |
22% No, focus on improving current standards instead |
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Unique answers from Wigan voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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I support both a reintroduction of grammar schools and a focus on improving current standards - no reason why both cannot be achieved
@9XCY2FV3wks3W
Yes, but also with the introduction of trade/vocational schools and other skill-based alternatives for students who struggle in the traditional system
@9ZH2VY31wk1W
OVERHAUL education. Free inclusive diverse education is needed. And not just academical education.
@9ZCDW2L2wks2W
Focus should be on improving standards, but this obviously isn't going to happen everywhere, so people should be able to have a choice.
@9Y7ZZ3Q2wks2W
change the education system as a whole, we are expected to learn so much in little time and 80% of the teaching we are given we do not use.
@9QM74JR5mos5MO
No, Funding should be on a case by case basis , and parents should be granted tax rebates if putting there children into private schooling
@9QM5YTK5mos5MO
No, de-establish academies and return them back to the original state school plan and give the government back control and funding over state schools.
@9QLZBBW5mos5MO
I believe it wouldn’t be a bad idea however, we need to put way more funding into our current education system long before we start thinking about that because that provides a unfair advantage for people just because of their IQ
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