…Comprehensives was published by the Sutton Trust, which works to improve social mobility through education. It stated that some of England’s highest-performing comprehensive schools and academies are “significantly more socially…
Universities urged to lower entry grades for comprehensive school pupils
The Sutton Trust is quoted by Richard Adams in his Guardian report of new DFE research on higher education admissions. Comprehensive school pupils should be allowed into universities on the…
Working class gender gap widens in first year of £9000 tuition fees
…TO EDITORS The Independent Commission on Fees was set up in January and is committed to monitoring the impact of increased university fees in England between 2012 and 2014. The…
Computer Tables: MORI Teachers’ Omnibus 2004 (Wave 3)
MORI computer table breakdown. 1089 20041201 2004 23667…
What do Labour have in store for educational inequality and social mobility?
…are more socially selective than the average grammar school, with a 40% shortfall of free school meals pupils at the highest attaining comprehensive schools compared to the average. That’s why…
Sutton Trust analysis of Labour cabinet
We’ve analysed the education backgrounds of Sir Keir Starmer’s first Cabinet. The majority attended comprehensive schools, making this the most diverse in terms of education background ever recorded: Key findings…