[Wildgoose]

I find it interesting that the non-Grammar "comprehensive/secondary modern" schools in areas with Grammar Schools actually perform better than Comprehensive schools (such as the one I attended) in areas where Grammar Schools have been abolished.

Does this mean that such schools apply more focus to issues such as the ones you list in order to better compete?

[pjc50]

Possibly. The key issue is the politics; selective public schooling allows the schools to be treated unequally by the resource allocation system, where the one with the worse performing pupils gets less resources and is less preferred by staff, reinforcing the cycle.

[throwaway426079]

If I understood correctly, you are taking the opposite view from the parent post?