This zombie grammar school policy will only harm crisis-hit schools

Damian Hinds’s plan to give £50m to expand the selective system smacksof Tory desperationIt’s a mystery. In what are undeniably challenging times for schools, education secretary Damian Hinds last week had headteachers eating out of his hand with a major speech addressing concerns about school inspections, funding and workload.Barely seven days later, any political capital gained was squandered at a stroke with the news that, at a time of near-bankruptcy for some schools, &poun