…delivering excellent outcomes for their pupils, substantially outstripping the averages above, there continue to be many chains who perform very poorly. When ranked on a composite index combining multiple performance…
Five years’ time?
…the years for which we have data, privately educated MPs still account for 29% of parliament, despite only comprising 7% of the population. Parliament is not unique in this regard…
The Poor North: Great Britain before the election
Our Chief Executive, Lee Elliot Major, gave a presentation at the University of Sheffield on social mobility, which is covered by Erik Albrecht forGerman news site Deutsche Welle. “The…
Young votes matter
…election compared with 78% of the over-65s. Given the huge generational divide in voting that figures like this starkly illustrate, it is hardly surprising when policies are enacted that disproportionately…
Schools ‘cut staff due to funding shortages’
Katherine Sellgren for BBC News online covers our newly released teacher polling. Read the full article here. Read the polling here. …
Nine to one – not as easy as ABC
Conor Ryan on the dangers of an increasingly complex accountability system Back in 1995, I helped David Blunkett commit a heretical act – at least in the eyes of the…