[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]
Sta,—Hasn't Lady Simon let the cat out of the bag? The Report (page 329) at least pays lip-service to the single tradition of secondary education. She seems to be undismayed by the prospect of a widened gulf between independent and grant- aided schools. Many, and not only those in grant-aided schools, will not agree with her.
Surely it is in the interest of the country and of the able children that the latter should not be handicapped because their education has been paid for partly, or wholly, from public funds. They will not be helped by having the " public schools " called " excrescences."
Is it quite decent for these proposals to form a tidy system for the masses (a system which many of us think must result in decreased competition for the " public schools " by the giant-aided schools), to be signed by the headmaster of one of the " excrescences " which Lady Simon mentions by
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