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This post probes the ‘centres of excellence’ proposal in the selection green paper.
‘Schools that work for everyone’ (September 2016) includes within its chapter on selection three proposals for ‘existing selective schools to do more to support children at non-selective schools’
This context is critical for understanding much of the confusion over centres of excellence. They are ostensibly a means by which existing (and potentially new) selective schools can extend their provision to learners attending other institutions.
Some wrongly believe they create additional de facto selective schools. I do not qualify with ‘ostensibly’ because I accept that argument, but because:
- It is not strictly necessary for a selective school to be involved and
- It seems doubtful whether selective school pupils could participate in such a centre alongside their non-selective peers.
The proposal in question is designed to ‘encourage multi-academy trusts to select within their trust’. But this…
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