…House of Commons has become more representative of the country. Two thirds of the new intake attended a comprehensive compared with 44 per cent of those re-elected. Much of this…
Still a mountain to climb on social mobility, says Sutton Trust
The Sutton Trust today welcomed the recommendations of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission on narrowing the attainment gap and improving access to university and the professions. Dr Lee…
Elitist Britain
…down well. Within months Gove had lost his job. So Alan Milburn and the Social Mobility Commission should be commended for not pulling any punches in a wide-ranging and hard-hitting…
Are boys the losers with tuition fees?
…were accepted to English universities in 2012 compared with 118,952 young men. This represents a decline since 2010 of 2.6% for girls and 4.0% for boys, and a 5.9% decline…
Lotteries used to break middle-class hold on school places
…of children face losing the automatic right to a place at their local secondary school amid a surge in the number of comprehensives using lottery-style admissions policies. Figures show that…
Top teachers needed to help poor white pupils
…in struggling schools to tackle underachievement by poor, white, working-class children, a committee of MPs has recommended. A report by the Commons education committee said that white British children from…