…least advantaged five year olds biggest in the US, but UK still lags behind Canada and Australia https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/reading-gap-between-most-and-least-advantaged-five-year-olds-biggest-in-the-us-but-uk-still-lags-behind-canada-and-australia/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Educational inequalities are large in the UK,…
Shadow Schooling: Private tuition and social mobility in the UK
…despite being amongst those who would benefit the most. 7889 20160907 2016 23622 2 Press Release: Four in ten teachers have been private tutors https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/four-in-ten-teachers-have-been-private-tutors/ Philip Kirby: In the Shadows…
Missing Talent
…GCSE https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/over-a-third-of-clever-but-poor-boys-significantly-underachieve-at-gcse/ Lee Elliot Major: Missing talent – how to stop bright kids falling behind (Prospect Magazine) https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/lee-elliot-major-missing-talent-how-to-stop-bright-kids-falling-behind/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 15% of highly able pupils who score…
Parliamentary Privilege – The MPs 2015
…(Independent Exec) End of Eton? (Channel 4 News) 3903 20150509 2015 27973 1 Press release: Half of new cabinet was privately educated https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/half-of-new-cabinet-was-privately-educated/ Conor Ryan: A Comprehensive Commons https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/a-comprehensive-commons/ 1…
The Reading Gap
Report Overview This report by John Jerrim highlights the gap in achievement between high achieving boys from disadvantaged backgrounds and their wealthier peers. 0 1410 20130712 2013 14144 5 Missing…
Inequality in early years education
…education for all young children https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/lack-of-policy-action-risks-widening-attainment-gap-and-worsening-the-quality-of-education-for-all-young-children/ Overview 1 blue-dark Just 20% of families in the bottom third of the earnings distribution are eligible for the existing offer of 30 hours…