Grammar school expansion divides Kent town

Tracy McVeigh:

When the first expansion of a grammar school in more than half a century was approved last week, the result surprised even those parents who had fought so hard to achieve it.

A campaign in the Kent commuter town of Sevenoaks, which has no grammar school of its own, to provide for its brightest children had raised a petition of 2,600 names.

At present 1,120 of the town's children have to travel to selective schools in nearby towns. The county council's decision means an annexe associated with these schools can be built in Sevenoaks. "People power is alive and well," said Mike Whiting, the Tory county councillor in charge of education in Kent.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 4, 2012 1:43 AM
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