…Have they widened the disadvantage gap? https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/the-effect-of-gcse-reforms/ 1 1/4 Grades for poorer pupils fell by a quarter of a grade compared to wealthier pupils. pink 1% Just 1% of poorer…
Paving the Way
…received substantial guidance on apprenticeships than university https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/pupils-four-times-less-likely-to-say-they-have-received-substantial-guidance-on-apprenticeships-than-university/ Paving the way to better careers guidance in schools https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/paving-the-way-to-better-careers-guidance-in-schools/ 36% Over a third of secondary pupils are not confident on their…
Academy chains ‘worse for disadvantaged children’ than local authority schools
Richard Garner reports for the Independent on the varying performance of academy chains, as shown in the new Sutton Trust report. Some academy chains are “highly ineffective” in improving the…
The Recruitment Gap
…most with teacher recruitment https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/disadvantaged-schools-struggling-most-with-teacher-recruitment/ Becky Allen and Laura McInerney: The 3 R’s of the teacher recruitment gap https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/recruit-retain-and-reputation-the-3rs-of-the-teacher-recruitment-gap/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Schools serving disadvantaged communities struggle to…
COSMO: The COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities Study
…study to develop our own programmes for young people. The first findings were published in 2022. 6 27326 https://www.kantarpublic.com/?utm_source=kantarUKI&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=public-website Supporters 27265 https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education 27273 https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/ 27271 https://www.adruk.org/ 27270 https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/ 27272 https://taso.org.uk/…
Our Priorities
…grade per subject behind equally talented affluent peers at GCSE. Social Mobility: The Next Generation 1,000: The number of young people from under-represented areas that are ‘missing’ from 30 top…