You now hear the most Blairite of the education ministers privately berating Conservatives for not making every school a grantmaintainedschool before Labour could get in to dismantle the system.
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Take Beechen Cliff grantmaintained comprehensive school in Bath, for example - with pupils coming mainly from middle class, professional backgrounds and consistently above-average exam results.