…Watford Grammar School for Boys 7% Durham Johnston Comprehensive School 7% Mossbourne Community Academy 7% The Highfield School 6% Sir John Lawes School 6% Lady Margaret School 6% Matthew Arnold…
Lotteries used to break middle-class hold on school places
…of children face losing the automatic right to a place at their local secondary school amid a surge in the number of comprehensives using lottery-style admissions policies. Figures show that…
Top teachers needed to help poor white pupils
…in struggling schools to tackle underachievement by poor, white, working-class children, a committee of MPs has recommended. A report by the Commons education committee said that white British children from…
Independent school education found to boost grades and earnings
…found that only 7.6% of those who went to state schools were earning over £70,000 a year in their thirties, compared to 18.2% of those who attended independent schools under…
Thousands of state school pupils shun top degree
…pupils from top performing independent schools on average make twice as many applications to leading research universities than their peers from state comprehensive schools with similar average A- level results….
Less than half of state teachers would advise their most able pupils to apply to Oxbridge
Less than half of secondary state school teachers say they would advise their brightest pupils to apply to Oxford and Cambridge universities, a national survey of teachers commissioned by the…