Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:50 pm on 28 September 2016.
Presiding Officer, I had thought that I had been crystal clear in the debate last week about my views on grammar schools. There is no evidence at all that grammar schools serve their students any better than traditional comprehensive schools. We know that they are bad news for the poorest students and we also know that the OECD, even though it had many tough things to say about Welsh education, commended us for our comprehensive system. They say that’s the best way to make improvements to the education system in Wales, and I intend to follow that advice.