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Originally Posted by Judith Addison
Grammar Schools were abolished in Accrington in 1975, during the premiership of Harold Wilson. Accrington Grammar School for Boys and Accrington High School for Girls were two outstanding schools, also Paddock House Convent Grammar School for Girls in Oswaldtwistle. It was a sad day when these schools ceased to exist. They gave bright young people from ordinary homes the chance to benefit from a first class education.
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Funny you should mention this, hon. I read the following article in yesterday's
Guardian:
Clever but poor boys 'are 30 months behind richer peers in reading' ? study | Education | The Guardian
A sad comment on the system(s) that have replaced the one that many of us on here are familiar with, and have benefitted from. And it seems, reading between the lines, that what is being suggested is similar to what was deemed outdated almost forty years ago.
I'm happy to see that Canada does relatively well in the survey
