…comes after recent data confirmed a big drop in part-timers since the fees increase: mature and part-time students are almost 40% of all students and their decline is a blow…
Poorest children are catching up with the rest of kids when it comes to the three R’s
…The proportion of pupils on free school meals hitting targets at age 11 rose from 63% to 67% in a year. But that figure compared to 83% for the rest…
University funding challenge
Conor Ryan on the higher education funding challenge laid bare in a new report this week. Hearing the BBC radio news on Tuesday, it felt a bit like a delayed…
Parents increasingly coming round to the idea of ballots for school places
…at the hearts of any programme to improve social mobility. Our poll shows an appetite for change in oversubscribed comprehensives and academies.” Read the full article on the Independent website….
Two countries united by a common access problem
…facing similar issues when it comes to educational inequalities. Even in setting the scene, the contextual factors at play are strikingly resonant – low levels of social mobility compared to…
A divided nation losing its American dream?
…are reformers wanting to introduce more competition between schools, common test scores and teacher evaluations that distinguish genuinely between good and poor performers. On the other are the skeptics, backed…