On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:11:00 +0000 (GMT), John Cartmell
wrote:

In article , Frank Erskine
wrote:
On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:42:29 +0000 (GMT), John Cartmell
wrote:


You're not concerned that there was meant to be three types of school -
grammar, technical grammar, and secondary modern - but most authorities
never bothered about the second or hardly developed the idea - and there
was no attempt to select for those fitted for such an education?

I passed the 11+ and went to a grammar technical school.

Exactly. the 'selection' process was meant to find the appropriate school for
each child. It didn't. If you 'passed' you had the choice of grammar or
technical grammar school (if there was one).

Sadly the grammar technical which I attended subsequently turned into
a comprehensive (long after I left!), and its educational achievements
are _much_ lower.

(I would say that, wouldn't I ?)!

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Frank Erskine