FAR more needs to be done to allow Sevenoaks' poorer children access to grammar schools, Kent County Council admitted this week.A grammar school taskforce has put forward 16 key recommendations aimed at helping improve social mobility and access for high ability children from poorer backgrounds.County council statistics show just 57 per cent in receipt of Pupil Premium – financial support from the council – attend a grammar school. This is compared to 79 per cent of children with...
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