Grammar School Debate

Taken from KCC Education and Libraries Annual Report "Improving Schools" 1998-9

Performance ALL Kent Pupils at KS2-3-4

Kent pupils achieved at or above the national expected level:
Kent matches the national averages at Key Stage 1 and 2
Kent is well above the national average for 14-year-olds at Key Stage 3
In public examinations Kent pupils performed above the national average at G.C.S.E across all performance table indicators. This is also true for KS4 vocational courses.

1998

* Kent below Statistical Neighbours

# Kent above Statistical Neighbours particularly at higher levels, but also with 'average' pupils.

The improvement is especially the case in high achieving pupils in English and Science.

In Maths there is almost no difference in change in achievement of pupils between KS2 and KS3.

This continues to G.C.S.E. and 'A' level.

'Something' must have caused this improvement between KS2 and KS3 and continuation to 'A' level.

Could it be variable selective education with schools offering specialisation for academic aptitude, aptitude in technology or Language or Sport or Music as well as Denominational preference and other varieties of High Schools?

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