War Horse author failed 11-plus as a boy and believes return of selection in education would add to the divisions in society
The children’s author Michael Morpurgo, whose best-selling stories have inspired a generation of young readers, has condemned government plans to extend grammar schools as divisive and “quite deeply stupid”.
Morpurgo, who has previously described the way in which his own failure to pass the 11-plus exam “shattered” his confidence as a child, warned that increased selection in education would only add to the divisions in society. “I know from being on that side of it, it is not the way to go,” he said.
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