The vast majority of UK children are state school pupils (Picture: Getty) In 1965, the government ordered local education authorities to start phasing out grammar schools and secondary moderns ...

An analysis and critique of the state comprehensive school system in the UK in the early 1960s by the Anarchy editorial team. ... and modern schools — the latter a euphemism for a school designed for ...

The BBC's education correspondent Mike Baker wrote about the changes to the system of comprehensive education which have been taking place in recent years. We invited your comments. Here is a ...

"A new record for comprehensive education" is claimed by Thomas Telford School in Shropshire - where every pupil this summer achieved five or more good GCSEs. Last year no comprehensive schools scored ...

According to one recent poll, nearly half the state school teachers in England are planning to leave the profession within the next five years. That's what Mrs May should be worrying about - not ...

Grammar schools have existed since the 16th Century, but the modern grammar school concept dates back to the Education Act 1944. This made secondary education after the age of 14 free.

The modern grammar school concept was introduced by the Education Act in 1944, ... comprehensive schools are now far more common than grammar schools in the UK state education system.