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Worlds Apart

…argument. No amount of caveats and constructive comments could calm the enraged ranks of TAs. All they could see was an attack on their livelihoods. I returned to London that…

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Pupil premium ‘plugs budget holes’

The Press Association report on our pupil premium poll was covered in many news outlets including MSN. Some schools are using extra funding designed to help their poorest pupils to…

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‘Wage premium’ for fee-pay schools

Alison Kershaw’s Press Association report of the Sutton Trust/SMF report on Open Access was covered by MSN News and many local and national news media. Privately educated children are likely…

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‘Salary premium’ for private school pupils

…30 most selective universities, compared with 18% for comprehensive schools and the average for all schools being 23.8% The same report showed that 5.2% of independent school pupils were accepted…