20 May 2009
Independent school bursaries must recognise cost of out-of-school activities
Independent schools need to acknowledge the costs of extra-curricular activities when devising schemes to help...
01 May 2009
Highly able pupils do worse in deprived schools
Highly able pupils (the top 10%) in the most deprived state schools on average achieve...
15 Apr 2009
James Turner: Making moves on social mobility
James Turner writes for The Guardian on the need to open up the professions.
01 Apr 2009
Three quarters of teachers do not view diplomas as a route to university
Three quarters of teachers do not view diplomas as route to university. The new 14-19 Diplomas...
01 Dec 2008
Academies need to collaborate more with neighbouring schools
Academies are not doing enough to work with other schools in their neighbourhoods and so...
17 Nov 2008
First ever study on psychological effects of buggies reveals life in a 21st century baby buggy can be emotionally isolated and language poor
The most popular style of baby buggies – those that face away from the pusher...
30 Oct 2008
Half of university advice and guidance in schools is inadequate
Widespread poor education and careers advice is preventing large numbers of academically able pupils from...
01 Oct 2008
Non-grammars are most socially selective state schools
The vast majority of England's most socially selective state secondary schools are non-grammar schools, a...
30 Jun 2008
Wage gap too large – say three out of four Britons
Nearly three out of four people (74%) think that income differences in Britain are too...
01 Jun 2008
60,000 high-achievers miss out on university places each year
Sixty thousand state school pupils who have been among the top fifth of academic performers...
01 May 2008
State school pupils fail to recognise differences in universities’ earning powers
Half of state school pupils do not think that they will be better off financially...
02 Apr 2008
University aspirations highest for five years
Nearly three out of four young people say they are likely to go into higher...