The head of a sought-after grammar has called for a non-selective comprehensive to be re-opened nearby to ease pressures caused by rapid growth in the area. Boss of Cranbrook School, David Clark, says a replacement to the failing High Weald Academy, which shut nearly two years ago, is necessary to service the house-building happening locally. On the eve of the general election, Mr Clark said he hopes a new Labour government will pledge support for the selective education system while taking a swipe at the Tories for not recognising its own shortcomings. His school – one of just a handful of st…