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Andy Hall wrote:
If one looks at the education systems of many other countries one finds
that it is common to have a range of secondary school choices suited to
pupil aptitudes available.

The Grammar School I went to in Aberdeen streamed each subject - five
streams for each mainstream one. So if you were good at maths but poor at
English you could be in the top stream for one, but the bottom for the
other - although this was rare. However, a spread of three streams was
common. But more to the point was the decent social mix of kids. It had a
primary department with the kids mainly drawn from the local area, which
was a 'good' one. All those kids continued into the secondary side
regardless of 11+ results. The secondary side was larger and kids who had
passed their 11+ at other primary schools joined - all those who passed
the 11+ got a place at one or other of the grammar type schools. So you
ended up with a good social mix based mainly on ability. As indeed you did
at some of the Secondary Modern schools.

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