A council which uses the 11+ exams to select pupils
for its grammar schools is accused of accepting that ‘affluence’ has a role in
the tests. Buckinghamshire County Council's comments came in response to a
school wanting to use 11-plus results to admit a broad spread of abilities.
The council claims the comments referred to only those who
sits the exams.
However the council said that the "reference
to affluence was made purely in the context of factors which may influence
whether parents wish their children to sit the 11-plus tests". It added
that it had merely been pointing out that children from deprived backgrounds
were more likely to be withdrawn from the test by their parents.
Critics of
the 11-plus and the grammar school system often claim that children with
parents able to pay for private coaching are more likely to pass the tests.
But this notion is rejected by supporters of
grammar schools who say they give bright children the chance of a quality
education.
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