Kent to pioneer a new grammar school

Kent County Council is considering opening a new grammar school, which would be the first one for 50 years.  

The Council’s Cabinet Member for Education, Cllr Mike Whiting, has met headteachers of the county’s grammar schools to discuss what will officially be a “satellite” of an existing school.   It is likely to admit 120 pupils each year.

This has been made possible as the Secretary of State for Education recently made provision for the number of grammar school places to be increased in areas which already have grammar schools and if the population has grown.

Meanwhile, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has already said in his autumn statement that there will be twelve new selective free schools, specialising in maths.