Grammar Schools

Grammar schools given £50m to expand

Existing grammar schools have been invited to apply for extra funding from a £50m allocation design to enable grammar schools to grow. This is under the condition that they can show how they are helping disadvantaged students. There are currently 163 grammar schools in England, out of some 3,000 state secondaries, and a further 67 Continue reading…

Henrietta Barnett School

The Henrietta Barnett School is London’s most sought after and most oversubscribed grammar school. Admissions is fiercely competitive. More than 2,000 girls sit the first round entrance test in verbal and non-verbal reasoning in September. Only the top 300 are called back for a second round test in Maths and English. Only 93 Year 7 places Continue reading…

If you live in London and have heard of Grammar Schools, which are highly selective state secondary schools, you may wonder where in London you can find them. The truth is that, unfortunately, most of them were abolished a long time ago, and there are only a select few councils in and around London remaining Continue reading…