…She said where applicants have the same grades employers should give the job to the candidate from the struggling state school because they are more ‘impressive’. Ms Greening, the Tory…
Election pledges must have social mobility at their heart
…rate of pupils eligible for Free School Meals compared to the average comprehensive. Less than 3% of grammar school intakes are eligible for free school meals, five times lower than…
Poorer students likely to live at home
…while for the bottom group it is 45%. State school students are also much more likely to go to university near where they grew up compared to their privately educated…
Justine Greening launches Future Talent Fund
In the Social Mobility Action Plan, launched today by Secretary of State Justine Greening, the Department for Education launched a £23m Future Talent Fund, a policy Sutton Trust has long…
November 2017 – Westminster Roundup
…who are offering them here. The National College for Teaching and Leadership will combine with the Department for Education in order to give a boost to the teacher recruitment drive…
Support to support
…people take after school. Last year our summer school students said that, when it comes to making decisions about universities, the opinions of their teachers are more important than their…