Direct Grant Schools

HC Deb 23 January 1978 vol 942 c479W

Mr. Kenneth Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will make a statement on her policy on direct grant schools.

Miss Margaret Jackson

My right hon. Friend's policy is to complete the phasing out of direct grant grammar schools, under the Direct Grant Grammar Schools (Cessation of Grant) Regulations 1975, and with it the ending of this form of selection for secondary education.