Principal of the overlooked, undervalued, underfunded yet marvellous @Hartlepoolfe. Raised on a council estate & FSM throughout school.
Nov 13, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1/x As Eton coming to the Tees Valley seems to be going ahead, a little evidenced-informed thread to highlight why I feel the move is wrong & it won't have an impact on the majority of people the initiative aims to help - the area's disadvantaged young people......
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Check out the work of Nadia Siddiqui & @SGorard re the impact of grammar schools on disadvantaged learners & their wider work re education & disdvantage. Affluent parents won't just sit back & watch Eton w/out trying to exploit the situation......