Children Quote by Dawn Foster

The evidence shows that grammar schools overwhelmingly benefit those from more affluent backgrounds.

— Angela Rayner

I think the prospect of bringing back grammar schools has always been wrong and I've never supported it. And I don't think any Conservative…

— David Cameron

I'm not arguing for a return to the grammar school system, but there must be a way of identifying bright kids from ordinary backgrounds…

— 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

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

— Andrew Neil

Exactly for the sake of what is new and revolutionary in every child, education must be conservative; it must preserve this newness and introduce…

— Hannah Arendt

One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children…

— James Sinegal

I'm certainly very conservative when it comes to education. We're getting rid of Common Core. We're going to have education at a local level.

— Donald Trump

Conservatives believe in individual choice for all parents and pupils, regardless of social or economic background, and our Better School Passport would tackle these…

— Damian Green

Most American elementary schools and high schools, and nearly all colleges and universities, teach everything that is significant from a liberal/Left perspective.

— Dennis Prager

Grammar schools are about stigmatising children, not on the grounds of their ability, but on their background.

— Angela Rayner

There's no reason why you can't deliver a grammar-school curriculum to an all-ability intake.

— Toby Young