Ambition Quote by Andrew Neil

The Margaret Thatchers of this country made it through - like I did - because of the grammar school system, which gave the opportunity…

— Andrew Neil

People from my sort of background needed grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn.

— Margaret Thatcher

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to…

— Janet Napolitano

We have an almost complete comprehensive primary school system in England. Surely, if grammar schools are some kind of answer to making education better…

— Michael Rosen

“With hindsight, going to Nottingham High School transformed my whole life. I think that six boys and six girls from Highbury Primary School had…

— Ken Clarke

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education,

— Rory Bremner

School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social mobility. It…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

A long time ago, there was no such thing as school, and children spent their days learning a trade, a phrase which here means…

— Anonymous

Like so many other grammar schools that flourished in Britain before they were abolished through a mix of ideology and political folly, Harrow County…

— Michael Portillo

Conservatives have always embraced the idea of grammar schools - that giving a top tier education to bright children from working class backgrounds provides…

— Dawn Foster

Making sure children from all backgrounds learn about opportunities that are usually available to a few, is an inspiring vision of what our schools…

— Liz Kendall

We knew we had the resources to send our kids to whatever school was best for them.

— Betsy DeVos