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12 September 2016

Justine Greening wants to do far more than simply bring back grammar schools

Restrictions on faith schools are also to be lifted. 

By Julia Rampen

When the Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening, laid out the Government’s plans for education on Monday, she depicted it as a conversation that would lead towards “a truly meritocratic country”. 

But read between the lines, and this is not an agenda for policy wonks. The Government is speaking to a specific group – the lower-income families that voted for Brexit Britain. 

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