Grammars revolution abandoned

THERESA May has been forced to abandon her ambitious education reforms.

The Prime Minister’s blueprint for a grammar school revolution will not make it into the Queen’s Speech, it is understood.

Plans to scrap free school meals for infants will also be ditched, along with a pledge to replace them with free breakfasts.

Before the election Downing Street officials were planning to repeal the Labour ban on new selective schools in England and Wales.

It would have paved the way for a new generation of grammars.

But the election result means Mrs May lacks the numbers in Parliament to force through a policy opposed by many backbenchers. Plans to abolish the cap on admissions to faith schools will also be dropped, along with Mrs May’s plans to force private schools to do more to help the underprivileged pupils.

Education Secretary Justine Greening, who was re-appointed to the post by the PM this week, is thought to have opposed, new grammars.

Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, had warned that the grammar schools policy would be unlikely to survive the election result.