…all state school pupils. From the 1960s onwards, however, they started to fall out of favour, and both central government and local authorities began to open all-ability comprehensive schools. The…
Dominic Raab: Honours, schools, boardrooms — get them right and see the underdog excel
…not held to the same standards. The disclosure by this newspaper of 48 nominations for honours for Tory donors, aides and “remain” campaigners has a resonance well beyond the Westminster…
Journalism’s lack of diversity threatens its long-term future
…increasingly realise how disconnected it is from the reality experienced by much of the UK, the barriers stopping those from poorer backgrounds or minorities making it into the country’s newsrooms…
‘Deep divide’ in Welsh students applying to university
BBC News citing comment from Chief Executive, Lee Elliot-Major, that there is a deep divide in education in Wales. There is a “deep divide” between the types of students in…
Bacc to the future
Conor Ryan sees good news – and big challenges – in new research on the EBacc. Next month, hundreds of thousands of young people will learn their GCSE results. Their…
Theresa May’s cabinet has the lowest number of privately educated ministers in 70 years
Yahoo! News quotes the Sutton Trust is their report on the cabinet reshuffle. Theresa May’s cabinet has the lowest proportion of ministers who went to private school in more than…