…found students from independent schools were 55 times more likely to get a place at Oxbridge than those eligible for free school meals. This year we published a report showing…
Good career advice ‘helps schools’
…to deliver career insight talks, mentoring and work tasters in order to open pupils’ eyes to the opportunities available to them. “But we know there is much more to do…
Sir Peter Lampl: We’ve created a society for non-doms, but not for children in our schools
…secondary schools was that few bright children from areas such as Wakefield now have a chance of making it to top universities. From the outskirts of Liverpool in the north…
Peter Lampl: Break down the barriers in English education
…of their pupils from the poorest households. The top-performing comprehensives – mainly faith schools and comprehensives in well-off areas – take just 6 per cent of their pupils from the…
Peter Lampl: Merit, not money, has to prevail
…come from non-privileged backgrounds. The research shows that, in England, only 1.7 per cent of teenagers reached the highest level in maths, compared with an average of 3.1 per cent…
Peter Lampl: Should teachers be paid by results?
…commonly held assumption in the business community is that teachers have a soft job with long holidays, are heavily unionised and retire early. But after 15 years chairing the Sutton…