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Morgan bends rules to allow new grammar

NICKY MORGAN gave the go-ahead yesterday for the first new grammar school in over 50 years, despite her proclaimed opposition to selective education.

Labour banned the creation of new grammar schools, which select students based on tests taken at just 11 years olds, in 1998.

But the Tory Education Secretary has bent the rules by approving the “extension” of an existing grammar school in Kent.

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