…social and ethnic background. University was deemed less important for young people from the least affluent families (61% compared with 67% in ‘high affluence’ households), and white pupils (62% compared…
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…
Elitist Britain: Segregation in schooling & privileged pathways to power
…still producing better results than comprehensives.[4] Here comes the market Change was initiated under the Conservatives with their belief that competition through a market ideology could drive up standards in…
Britain’s most powerful people 5 times more likely to go to private school
…2014, when 22 per cent of then Labour leader Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet were privately educated. Of current MPs in the House of Commons in 2017, 29% come from a…
Two-thirds of academy chains perform below average for disadvantaged pupils
…little to suggest that the Regional Schools Commissioners are having any success in bringing about improvement. There is little to suggest that the Regional Schools Commissioners are having any success…
Money matters
…school. Indeed, the use of private tuition is common amongst better-off parents, who are five times more likely to report that their child has ever received private tuition (31% compared…