…run at seven leading universities: Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Imperial, Nottingham, St Andrews and UCL. More details at https://www.suttontrust.com/programmes/uk-summer-school-2/ Oxford University was part of the programme up until 2010 and now…
Open your doors to all, Sir Peter Lampl urges private day schools
…only pressure would come from schools’ desire to educate able children from all backgrounds, and their need to compete with a new, dynamic sector drawing on a wider talent pool….
Personal statements help independent school students “stand out from the crowd”
…309 personal statements, all of which were submitted to the same department of the same leading university by students with the same A-level results. His report is available at https://www.suttontrust.com/our-work/research….
Milburn report “a wake-up call” on social mobility
…comparing apprenticeships internationally and recommending a big expansion of advanced apprenticeships in England was published today. The report Real Apprenticeships is available at the Sutton Trust website at https://www.suttontrust.com/researcharchive/real-apprenticeships-2/ …
DELAY EXPANSION OF FREE PLACES FOR TWO YEAR-OLDS OR CHILDREN WILL NOT GET THE FULL BENEFIT – SUTTON TRUST
…current policy and practice against the research evidence. The full report is available at https://www.suttontrust.com/our-work/research/item/sound-foundations/ 3. Since September 2013, the poorest 20 per cent of two year-olds have been eligible…
Private school premium of £194,000 revealed in new report
…distributed across households incomes: The number of children coming from the top 10 per cent of household incomes would roughly halve; and, The proportion of children coming from the bottom…