Education: Why are grammar schools so controversial? | Julia Hartley-Brewer

The government is set to hand grammar schools £50m in funding to allow them to expand. Under controversial new plans, the money is to be pumped into creating more places at selective state schools. Julia Hartley-Brewer speaks with Geoff Barton, general secretary for the Association of School & College Leaders and a former headteacher, about the news, and asks if it's fair for bright children in comprehensive schools to be held back by average students.