Today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, presented the Autumn Statement 2023 to Parliament. On the statement, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder of the Sutton Trust and Founder of the…
Pandemic and beyond: tracking student outcomes and programme impact over time
…young people that the Trust has worked with over the years, this selection of alumni stories just scratches the surface when it comes to overall programmatic impact. At the Sutton…
Low-income students more likely to be missing out on extra-curricular activities
…they would complete the year, compared to a slightly lower proportion (6%) of middle-class students. While the Westminster government has recently announced £70 million in funds for student hardship, the…
School closures lead to lower social mobility and billions in lost earnings for the covid generation
…months, compared to 2.4 months in the least deprived schools. Unless considerable efforts are made to redress this balance, today’s report warns that this learning loss will have a significant…
Two-thirds of school heads have cut teachers to save money
…pointed out the difficulty in closing their attainment gaps given factors outside the school gates. When it comes to deciding which programmes and approaches to adopt to improve learning, the…
Free schools fail to fulfil their original purpose
…self-improving school system, driving up standards through greater school choice and increased competition. But while free schools were meant to increase the number of schools with innovative approaches to their…