…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…
Sutton Trust analysis shows big rise in state educated ministers
…Oxford Defence Michael Fallon Independent Epsom College St Andrew’s Health Jeremy Hunt Independent Charterhouse Oxford Education Justine Greening Comprehensive Oakwood Comp School Southampton International Development Priti Patel Comprehensive Watford Grammar…
The Educational Backgrounds of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords
…Lords have been to independent schools, compared to 7% in the wider population, and that 27% of the Commons and 42% of the Lords were educated at Oxbridge. Key Findings…
Going Further
…students in FE colleges are more likely to progress to university than their disadvantaged peers in similar sixth forms https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/disadvantaged-students-in-fe-colleges-are-more-likely-to-progress-to-university-than-their-disadvantaged-peers-in-similar-sixth-forms/ Going Further: extending the pupil premium to post-16 settings https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/going-further-pupil-premium/…
A Comprehensive Commons?
…communities. But just as the 29% of female MPs and 6% of BME MPs in the new Commons are not yet representative of the community as a whole, neither should…
New generation of top Olympians from comprehensive schools
…national heroes coming from comprehensive and other state schools. “But alumni of private schools are still over-represented among our medalists. Although some state schools have improved support for competitive sport…