Sir Peter Lampl wrote for The Times on new university access benchmarks. TODAY’S news that the number of students from state schools going to 13 leading universities has increased by…
There is much more still to do to get poor students into higher education
Believe the hype and Britain is on the verge of a great levelling. Of course it is good news to learn that 1,400 more students from disadvantaged homes will be…
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…
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…
‘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…
‘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…