…financial difficulties https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/a-third-of-nurseries-in-the-most-disadvantaged-areas-may-be-forced-to-close-due-to-financial-difficulties/ Early years in crisis: impact of the pandemic on sector https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/early-years-in-crisis/ 3 Key Findings 1 light-green 1 Early Education Provision • Despite aspirational statements on closing the…
OFFA and Sutton Trust launch project to research the impact of outreach
…in December 2015 (https://www.suttontrust.com/researcharchive/evaluating-access/) found that despite English universities investing £124 million in 2015-16 in increasing the number of disadvantaged students they enrol, there is too little robust evidence available…
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…
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…