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2012
News Item Date issued
Report on grammar schools is ‘deeply flawed’. 7th May 2012
2011
News Item Date Issued
NGSA debates universal comprehensivisation September 2011
Grammars allowed to expand June 2011
Grammars shine again 17th June 2011
News release, April 2011 April 2011
2010
News Item Date Issued
Urgent Statement June 2010
‘I got it wrong on grammar schools’, admits Cameron May 2010
Grammars less socially selective than many comprehensives April 2010
Grammar is important, Daily Telegraph 15th February 2010
Support grows for more grammar schools, Yorkshire Post 15th February 2010
Grammar schools 'should be expanded', Daily Telegraph 10th February 2010
85% of young people want more grammar schools created, Daily Mail, 10th February 2010
Voters favour more grammar schools, says survey, BBC Online, 10th February 2010
Support for grammar schools is high and growing February 2010
2009
News Item Date Issued
News Update November 2009
Latest news and comment October 2009
Latest news and comment July 2009
Latest News and Comment June 2009
Political row over top grammar school March 2009
2008
News Item Date Issued
Merger may close grammar school   Oct 2008
Police called in ...... Oct 2008
Poor students need high standards - ministers get it wrong Sept 2008
Latest News and Comment June 2008
Latest News and comment May 2008
2007
News Item Date Issued
NGSA Fringe Meeting, 2007GSA Fringe Meeting, 2007 02 Oct 2007
2006
News Item Date Issued
Attempt to destroy remaining grammar schools is defeated 29 May 2006
ICM opinion poll 15 Mar 2006
UK grammar schools unite to survive Jan 2006
2005
News Item Date Issued
Parliamentary Question and Answer 31 Jan 2005
Extract from Hansard - League Tables 20 Jan 2005
2004
News Item Date Issued
Expansion of Popular Schools: NGSA Response 09 Dec 2004
Bad news from Brighton… and elsewhere
Extracts from a BBC News report dated 29 September 2004		 05 Oct 2004
NGSA News Release on the Tomlinson Report 09 Jun 2004
NGSA Response to the Tomlinson Report 01 Jun 2004
Comprehensives outshine grammars for added value in the run-up to GCSEs 15 Jan 2004
2003
News Item Date Issued
Council threatens grammar closures 28 Dec 2003
Pupils shine brightest at grammar schools 17 Dec 2003
Grammar schools serve their pupils best 17 Dec 2003
Grammar Schools Are Under Threat - November 8th Conference 14 Jul 2003
Bright Pupils Do Much Better in Selective Areas 09 Jul 2003
Fools Rush In… 09 Jul 2003
£1m wasted on anti-grammar spite - Daily Mail 11 Apr 2003
National Grammar Schools Association Meeting with Secretary of State for Education - PDF 160kb 12 Feb 2003
2002
News Item Date Issued
Clarke signals a new threat to grammars - Daily Mail 12 Dec 2002
Selective Schools - Daily Mail 12 Dec 2002
Why Labour dumb down A-levels: - The Mail on Sunday 18 Aug 2002
Failed-school follies - The Sunday Times 18 Aug 2002
Comprehensives closing the gap on selective grammar schools - The Independent 16 Aug 2002
State Schools score perfect pass rates first time - The Independent 16 Aug 2002
How Schools compare - The Independent 16 Aug 2002
Selective schools fill 18 of the top 20 places - Daily Mail 16 Aug 2002
Dangerous nonsense in Parliament May 2002
Why the 11-plus doesn't add up - T.E.S 15 Feb 2002
Pupils who just make grammars do better - T.E.S 15 Feb 2002
Times Educational Supplement - GCSE's 1 Feb 2002
2001
News Item Date Issued
Grammar Schools in the Twenty-first Century Autumn 2001
Labour ends its 30-year war against grammars - The Times 7 Dec 2001
How grammars survived ministers - The Times 7 Dec 2001
Cambridge entry still favours private pupils -The Times 7 Dec 2001
Extract from Sunday Times Oct 2001
Extract from The Daily Telegraph 19 Oct 2001
A Vital Component of Diversity and Specialisation 13 Oct 2001
'Let's have more grammar schools' says NGSA 12 Oct 2001
Times Educational Supplement letters - Spurious attack on grammars 15 June 2001
Times Educational Supplement letters - Selection benefits all pupils 8 June 2001
Press information - Anti- Grammar schools Data was Wrong 21 May 2001
2000
News Item Date Issued
Address to National Association of Grammar Schools at Birmingham 14 Oct 2000
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys wins National Youth Parliament Competition 2000 n/a
Ripon Parents Vote for Choice 10 Mar 2000
Grammar Schools and the German System Jan 2000