Letters


Exam mocks choice policy


24/11/2005

AN article about the large number of pupils being bussed out of Trafford to Knutsford because of the 11-plus (Metro News, November 4) contained quotes from the Trafford Council education director praising the performance of her authority.

The 11-plus makes a mockery of the Government's much-vaunted choice agenda, as stated in the recent White Paper. The secondary school nearest to where I live is a specialist school in visual and performing arts. It also happens to be a school whose admission is controlled by the 11-plus. So, on average, it is not accessible to two-thirds of the children in this locality, regardless of whether they want to "choose" a specialist school or want to make the very reasonable request of attending the school nearest to their home. The 11-plus and the choice agenda are completely incompatible.


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