Comprehensive Schools: Standards

Department for Education written question – answered at on 24 October 2017.

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Photo of Ranil Jayawardena Ranil Jayawardena Conservative, North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of children's progress in those comprehensives known as groups which have a grammar school culture of strict discipline, smart uniforms, longer school days, competitive sports, classics and all three sciences.

Photo of Nick Gibb Nick Gibb Minister of State (Education)

Many schools pride themselves on a strong approach to behaviour management, and teaching all pupils a stretching, knowledge-rich curriculum. The best examples of such schools serve as evidence of what it is possible to achieve, and demonstrate the power of having the highest expectations of all pupils.

The freedoms the Government gives to academies and free schools, such as the ability to design their own curriculum or to set a longer school day, help ensure their pupils can reach their full potential.

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