The a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/letters-grammar-schools-1765314.html" letters page /a of the Independent has a letter pointing out that the Crowther Report in 1959 found that 40% of children from unskilled working-class backgrounds who went to grammar schools ended up leaving without a single qualification. The old grammar school system, although it may have helped social mobility for a few, does seem to have failed even some of the bright children from poor backgrounds who got in.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38622711-4279998322557099518?l=vinospoliticalblog.blogspot.com'//div
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