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Radio 4,18 Nov 2014,45 mins

Call You and Yours; Was a grammar school place your ticket to a better life?

You and Yours

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Home Secretary Theresa May has backed plans for an expansion of a grammar school in her constituency and London's Mayor Boris Johnson says scrapping the grammar school system was a "tragedy" because they boost social mobility. What do you think? Were you helped up the ladder by a grammar school? Or are poor bright pupils locked out by better off children with tutors? Might they be better helped by bursaries to the fee-paying independent schools whose members dominate workplace elites? Tell us your stories - email us at [email protected]. uk Phone lines open after 11am on Tuesday - 03700 100 444.

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