…are being let down. “Our research shows that England compares poorly with other countries in its provision for the highly able and our brightest students are failing to make the…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on UCAS applications data
…comes after recent data confirmed a big drop in part-timers since the fees increase: mature and part-time students are almost 40% of all students and their decline is a blow…
Poorest children are catching up with the rest of kids when it comes to the three R’s
…The proportion of pupils on free school meals hitting targets at age 11 rose from 63% to 67% in a year. But that figure compared to 83% for the rest…
University funding challenge
…loan repayments when assessing mortgage suitability. As the FCA confirmed in June, this is now regarded as ‘committed expenditure’, reducing what graduates can borrow. Our IFS report showed a typical…
Parents increasingly coming round to the idea of ballots for school places
…of ballots for schools – with 28 per cent believing a ballot should be introduced for all places while 19 per cent believed the allocation should be split between ballots…
Two countries united by a common access problem
…facing similar issues when it comes to educational inequalities. Even in setting the scene, the contextual factors at play are strikingly resonant – low levels of social mobility compared to…