…be knowledge workers. My sense is that we have got more explicit knowledge about educational processes but we have gone backwards in the kind of tacit knowledge that teachers need…
Chain Effects 2014
…FALL BEHIND https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/best-academy-chains-outperform-mainstream-average-poorer-pupils-weakest-ones-fall-behind-new-sutton-trust-research/ Robert de Vries on Chain Effects https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/chain-effects/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 There is very significant variation in outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, both between and within chains;…
Speaking Up
…have been singled out for their accent in the workplace https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/over-a-quarter-of-senior-professionals-from-working-class-backgrounds-have-been-singled-out-for-their-accent-in-the-workplace/ Having a working-class accent does not mean that somebody is less capable https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/having-a-working-class-accent-doesnt-mean-somebody-is-less-capable/ 14276 26309 29542 3 3 Key…
Sutton Trust cabinet analysis – 2016
…ministers https://www.suttontrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Sutton-Trust-analysis-shows-big-rise-in-state-educated-ministers_Press-Release-2.pdf Key Findings 1 pink 1 30% of Theresa May’s new cabinet received a private education, the lowest proportion for a new Prime Minister’s cabinet since Attlee in 1945,…
School Funding and Pupil Premium 2022
…of living. 20220421 2022 29307 8 1 Two thirds of primary heads report insufficient catch-up funding https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/school-funding-and-pupil-premium-2022/ Feeling the squeeze? Catch-up and cost of living crisis impacting schools https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/feeling-the-squeeze-catch-up-and-cost-of-living-crisis-impacting-schools/ 57%…
Access in Scotland
…college, not university https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/vast-majority-of-scottish-access-students-go-to-college-not-university/ Conor Ryan: Scotland’s Access Challenge https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/scotlands-access-challenge/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 In 2013-14, 55% of Scots entered higher education by the age of 30, with 20.9%…