…They are an inspiration for this year’s students and will encourage other British young people to see the US as a real possibility for university.” Lucinda Denney, an A-level student…
Londoners most likely to pay for extra tuition as demand remains high
…help with their lessons. Polling by Ipsos MORI for the Sutton Trust shows that 24% of all young people in 2013 said they had received private or home tuition at…
Private school premium of £194,000 revealed in new report
…standardised tests shows that selection based on merit, rather than ability to pay fees, would significantly alter the social composition of the UK’s independent schools – with places more evenly…
Higher Apprenticeships better for jobs than university degrees say public – new polling for Sutton Trust/Pearson Summit
…should be designed to meet A-level standard (Level 3) or higher, whereas government data shows that two thirds of apprenticeships started by young people in 2012/13 were only at GCSE…
Parent Power?
…should improve the range and quality of information available to working class parents. Means-tested vouchers should be available to working class parents that can be spent on extra tuition, books…
Sutton Trust students get places at US unis
42 British state school students from low and moderate-income backgrounds have won places to study at top US universities through the Sutton Trust US Programme, run in conjunction with the…