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Please introduce GM schools in Britain?
Grammar school is a national middle school. Such schools choose students through the "1 1 plus" exam. It is reported that among the 3,000 national middle schools, there are about 163 grammar schools in Britain and 69 grammar schools in Northern Ireland. There are no national grammar schools in Wales and Scotland. Although some retain the name of "grammar school", they are non-selective comprehensive schools.

Grammar schools have existed since the sixteenth century, and its original purpose was to teach Latin. With the passage of time, the curriculum has expanded to include ancient Greek, English and other European languages, natural science, mathematics, history, geography and other subjects. In the late Victorian era, grammar schools were reorganized to provide secondary universal education in England and Wales; Scotland has developed its own different system. (Yinglunyun Primary School)

In the 1950s and 1960s, some people thought that the selective education system promoted class differentiation and strengthened the privileges of the middle class. 1965, the government ordered local education departments to phase out grammar schools and replace them with comprehensive schools. The fastest change is in the areas controlled by the Labour Party, while the areas controlled by the Conservative Party have changed slowly or not at all, such as Kent, where the density of surviving grammar schools is extremely high. 1998, the labor party banned the establishment of a new? The grammar school also conducted a local vote on whether the existing grammar school can survive in the future. In fact, voting to decide whether grammar schools exist has only happened once in history: in 2000, a poll in North Yorkshire showed that 67% of parents supported keeping grammar schools and 33% voted against them.

How do grammar schools choose students? Grammar schools select students through examinations. The examinee is a sixth-grade primary school student, aged 1 1 or above. The purpose of the exam is to know whether students can learn and grow in a high academic environment. Grammar school entrance examination questions can be composed of all or part of the following:

Mathematical reasoning (mathematics)?

Chinese reasoning?

English comprehension, punctuation and grammar?

Nonverbal reasoning?

Creative writing?