{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/166805.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":166805,"parliament":{"period":"2015-2017","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2017-05-03T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Stop plans to allow more secondary schools to select children by ability.","background":"Selection is divisive, lowers attainment and harms children and families. Selective areas have the largest achievement gaps in the country. The 11+ selects on the basis of prior opportunity and social background. Poorer children, including high ability poor children, lose out most. ","additional_details":"Various studies show that selection depresses achievement across the system and does not help social mobility.\r\nThe 75% of children who fail the 11+ suffer a severe blow to their self-esteem and motivation at a critical time in their development. Figures suggest that these children go on to do worse at secondary modern than they would have at a comprehensive.\r\nIn selective Bucks, the 11+ pass rate for FSM children was 4% in 2014, compared to 20% for state pupils and 53% for private school pupils.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":10,"created_at":"2016-09-10T13:50:49.094Z","updated_at":"2017-09-09T06:20:15.643Z","rejected_at":"2016-09-12T13:06:23.521Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-09-10T15:18:47.495Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/166723"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}