…learning by raising the quality of teaching, the group evaluated existing methods for teacher development. Case studies featured in today’s report include Networked Learning Communities in Singapore, where a mix…
Election consensus and challenges
…stronger incentives should build on the pupil premium awards to reward successful schools, and those that use evidence effectively. And there is a good case for revitalising leadership education by…
Fiona Millar: The big election idea should be trust teachers
Guardian columnist, Fiona Millar, mentions the Sutton Trust teaching report in a column on election issues. There is a general election looming in case you hadn’t noticed – 114 days…
Owen Jones: Unpaid internships rig the system. Curb them, now.
…shadow minister Liam Byrne will return to his old school to set out the case for dealing with this national scandal. Despite some internal resistance, Labour’s leadership are moving towards…
Tory MPs resurrect grammar school ‘albatross’
…improve access for low-income pupils, the evidence shows this is not the case. According to the Sutton Trust, a social mobility charity, only 2.7 per cent of grammar school entrants…
Justine Greening MP welcomes Sutton Scholars
…got to move beyond arguing about the problem, just pointing at the statistics that make respective cases. We need to start agreeing what we’re going to do about putting in…