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| School catchment break-up plans | School catchment break-up plans |
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| A group set up by David Cameron to advise on future Conservative policy is strongly recommending breaking up school catchment areas. | A group set up by David Cameron to advise on future Conservative policy is strongly recommending breaking up school catchment areas. |
| The co-chair of the public services group, Baroness Perry, says it is an essential part of giving all children the opportunity to go to a good school. | The co-chair of the public services group, Baroness Perry, says it is an essential part of giving all children the opportunity to go to a good school. |
| She says it is currently often only middle-class families who can live in the catchment areas of good schools. | She says it is currently often only middle-class families who can live in the catchment areas of good schools. |
| But Labour says breaking up catchment areas would bring practical problems. | But Labour says breaking up catchment areas would bring practical problems. |
| Baroness Perry, a former chief inspector of schools, says under the current system poorer families on tough estates may be trapped in their local, failing school. | Baroness Perry, a former chief inspector of schools, says under the current system poorer families on tough estates may be trapped in their local, failing school. |
| The baroness also says the Conservatives should break up catchment areas and form federations, so that good and under-performing schools work closely together. | The baroness also says the Conservatives should break up catchment areas and form federations, so that good and under-performing schools work closely together. |
| The Conservatives say that an important problem has been identified and that they will examine her recommendations - but will not be bound by them. | The Conservatives say that an important problem has been identified and that they will examine her recommendations - but will not be bound by them. |