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 4.7k Non-Civil Parish or Community voters.
22% Yes |
78% No |
22% Yes |
57% No |
22% No, focus on improving current standards instead |
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Unique answers from Non-Civil Parish or Community voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9CZPTF81yr1Y
I support both a reintroduction of grammar schools and a focus on improving current standards - no reason why both cannot be achieved
@9XCY2FV3mos3MO
Yes, but also with the introduction of trade/vocational schools and other skill-based alternatives for students who struggle in the traditional system
@B2CVMSL1wk1W
Absolutely. Children who are performing at a high academic level should have an option to continuing to thrive.
Similarly, children who thrive in subjects that are more practical, should be able to pursue them more long term in addition to taking on practical apprenticeships.
@B26KLRQ4wks4W
All education should be free and all the people should be guaranteed a job by the government. A job where no rich person will steal from the people.
@B26DNBD4wks4W
Yes, but make sure there is equal opportunity for the children, and make sure there are quotas that allow for children from lower-income backgrounds to be accepted
@9ZCDW2L2mos2MO
Focus should be on improving standards, but this obviously isn't going to happen everywhere, so people should be able to have a choice.
@9Y7ZZ3Q3mos3MO
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.
@9QM74JR7mos7MO
No, Funding should be on a case by case basis , and parents should be granted tax rebates if putting there children into private schooling
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