Commenting on the Education Select Committee’s report on the performance, accountability and expansion of multi-academy trusts, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: “The Committee…
BALLOTS AND BANDING ON THE RISE, ESPECIALLY IN ACADEMIES, AS SCHOOLS SEEK FAIRER INTAKES
…which can set their own admissions policies. 17% of sponsored academies used one or both criteria, compared with 5% of all comprehensives. The number of schools allocating places according to…
Sutton Trust submission to the House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee on Social Mobility and Education and Access to the Professions
The Sutton Trust’s submission to the House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee on Social Mobility and Education and Access to the Professions. 978 20090630 2009 23781…
The Reach for Excellence Programme: a summary and discussion of findings from the first cohort of students
…intensive university, with just under half (45%) of RfE students entering these universities, compared with one-fifth (21%) of those from the comparison group. RfE students were also more likely to…
New MPs more likely to have been educated at state schools
…MPs have been independently educated, compared to 7% of the population. This is the same as the 2017 general election. Over half (54%) of the new House of Commons went…
Top comprehensive schools take half the number of poorer pupils than the average
…intakes of top performing schools.” NOTES TO EDITORS The Sutton Trust will publish three reports on Tuesday 26th March: Selective Comprehensives: Scotland, Selective Comprehensives: Wales and Selective Comprehensives: GB, which…