Designed for students

Have you heard about Grammar School and how it helps in social mobility? In 2016, the government launched a public consultation for a 12-week School that works for everyone. There was a nomination that selective schools were going to expire for everyone and become non-selective schools. To become selective, they are able to understand how grammar schools are doing, which are designed for students who come from marginalized sections of society.

Achieving or overachieving

The research has highlighted that Grammar School pupils have performed tremendously when it comes to achieving or overachieving the national average of 57%, which is highlighted in state-funded schools. These students from the grammar school performed at 96.7%, achieving 5 straight A’s in their GCSEs.

We can clearly highlight the performance height in Grammar School. We also need to analyze their period attainment and demography of grammar schools.

Socioeconomic disadvantage of these marginalized

Highlighted how the grammar school are highly underrepresented by the few pupils who are eligible for what the free school meals which indicates somehow the socioeconomic disadvantage of these marginalized students and the surprising fact was only 2.5% of grammar school students were able to achieve these free school meals which is compared to the state schools where 13.2 percent can be seen

Enhance academic reputation

Why is there such underrepresentation? One thing we can highlight is that disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils, before their 11+ exam (which is a selection exam for Grammar School), are already behind their peers by around 10 months. To succeed in gaining entry to a Grammar School can be tough for the students.

Keep discussing how social mobility is correlated with grammar schools. Despite the efforts that schools have made to enhance academic reputation and everything else, grammar schools do not enhance social mobility. The gap between preschool meals eligible people and their peers has been highlighted, and even non-selected areas can be highlighted in these grammar schools.

High-achieving and able to achieve great

Alternatively, we have to highlight that Grammar Schools disproportionately attract students who are high-achieving and able to achieve great academic success in India. However, these students are from non-disadvantaged groups and other areas. This is also why there is a gap between the advantageous and wealthiest students.

That is how free school meal eligible students who are not able to achieve the level of grammar school or enter the grammar school perform was then the national average which somehow perpetuates inequalities and elaborates to the notion.

Opposite of social mobility

One of the common majors which is utilized by the government to analyze low family income is those students who are getting free school meals. However, the data has shown the opposite of social mobility. These students who are receiving free meals are not able to attend grammar schools. On average, 2.6% of grammar school children receive free meals compared to those students who are part of state secondary schools, which is 13.4%. We obtained this data from the school census.

Comparatively high achievers

On the popular belief that Grammar Schools are designed for disadvantaged students, but the data somehow shows that better-off students over there peers are part of the grammar school who are better in their studies and comparatively high achievers.

The Sutton Trust underlines that in the local authority where some of the schools are based on the grammar system, 66% of non-free school meal children are part of these schools. They can achieve quite amazing marks in English or math and make it to primary school. Contrary to the popular notion that Grammar Schools are designed for advantage, this is somehow denied by the facts.

Disadvantaged or deprived groups

Another burning question: Do poor children or children from deprived backgrounds perform better in grammar schools? According to data, these students perform better at grammar schools compared to the comprehensive system. All these schools select an appropriate number of children from privileged families.

Do children who come from disadvantaged or deprived groups live in a selective area, but they do not get into the grammar school because the standards are quite high. They also sometimes perform really badly when it comes to the comprehensive school system that operates in their unprivileged area.