…million will be allocated in total over the 15 year lifetime of the programme – with the extra money coming from fund-raising and investment returns. Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of…
Smaller classes, uniforms, and primary homework among the least effective ways of boosting school performance
…reducing class sizes “are not particularly large or clear, until class size is reduced to under 20 or even below 15”. Hiring more teaching assistants meanwhile is associated with “very…
Us Summer School At Mill Hill
From 5-7 July 2012, students selected for the US Summer School programme, joined staff from the Sutton Trust, the Fubright Commission and Pure Potential, for the introductory event held at…
Poor mentoring can be worse than no mentoring, new teachers’ toolkit reveals
…student’s chances. The new Toolkit adds to the list of approaches that research shows are effective at boosting attainment, while comparing their relative cost effectiveness. Each of the following can…
Postgraduates earn £200,000 premium as basic degree no longer enough
…a Bachelor’s degree. Somebody with a Master’s can on average expect to earn £5,500 more a year – or over £200,000 more over a 40 year working life – than…
Sutton trust: prep schools provide four times more grammar school entrants than FSM pupils
…grammar schools are entitled to free school meals, whereas 12.7% of entrants come from outside the state sector, largely from independent schools. By contrast, around 16% of pupils are eligible…