More than 2, 600 people signed, arguing the area was the only part of Kent without a grammar, meaning more than 1, 100 pupils who passed the 11-plus had to travel for an hour to Tunbridge Wells.
But when I meet teachers who can't spell, who are incapable of drafting a simple letter to parents without making basic mistakes in grammar and punctuation, I have to wonder exactly what my children are being taught.