‘They don’t work’: experts criticise Liz Truss’s grammar schools plan

Government policy faces opposition, with many saying that selection does not improve social mobility

Academics, education unions and politicians of every hue have attacked government plans for more grammar schools, warning that selection does not improve social mobility and will not solve the challenges facing schools in the next decade.

It follows confirmation from the new education secretary, Kit Malthouse, that the prime minister has tasked him to look at areas of England that would like to open new grammar schools, as well as those that want to expand existing grammars.