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The Sunday Telegraph covered Onward's polling revealing that three-quarters of Tory voters said they would send their child to a grammar school if they passed the 11-plus in a piece about grammar schools.
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In a piece for the Sunday Telegraph, By Louisa Clarence-Smith and Will Hazell write:
Two-thirds of Tory voters are supportive of grammar schools and almost half agree that more should be built, a poll seen by The Telegraph has found.
The findings come after Liz Truss indicated she would unleash a new wave of selective schools across England if she becomes prime minister.
The poll of more than 4,000 voters found that 64 per cent of Conservatives agree that “academically able children should be given the opportunity to apply to a school that better suits their needs, even if children who do not get in do less well as a result”.
Three-quarters of Tory voters said they would send their child to a grammar school if they passed the 11-plus, showed the poll by JL Partners for the Onward think tank.
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