Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 33290

Grammar Schools: Admissions

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 27 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Dan Tomlinson

LabourChipping Barnet

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to help reduce (a) inequalities in the admissions process to academically selective grammar schools and (b) disparities in access to tutoring for admission tests to those schools.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The admission authorities for grammar schools set their schools’ selection criteria. This government’s priority is ensuring high and rising standards across every school to secure a brilliant education for every child.