It Happened to Me ; the Local Grammar Helped Me Move Up in the World

Mail on SundayMay 27, 2007

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As the row continues over David Cameron's decision to rule out support for grammar schools, I have to say I think he's misguided. I don't believe academic selection 'entrenches disadvantage', as Conservative education spokesman David Willetts has claimed.

I come from a working-class family my father was a builder and we lived in a rented flat in North-West London but both my brother, Alan, and I were educated at the local grammar school.

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It Happened to Me ; the Local Grammar Helped Me Move Up in the World

Alan failed his 11-plus but he passed ...

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