School Expansion Debate

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Department: Department for Education

School Expansion

Philip Davies Excerpts
Monday 19th October 2015

(9 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness Morgan of Cotes Portrait Nicky Morgan
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We are seeing standards rising, with 82% of schools now being rated good or outstanding and 1 million more children in places that are good or outstanding, but of course there is further to go. I look forward to having his support on this.

Philip Davies Portrait Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con)
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I welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement, but will she explain the logic of the Government’s position of defending grammar schools in leafy Tory areas and allowing them to expand while denying children in the Bradford district a similar opportunity to benefit from grammar schools?