…social and emotional development. At five, when starting school, children from poorer homes are already a year behind their more advantaged counterparts. At 16, children from poorer backgrounds (measured by…
Peter Lampl: Merit, not money, has to prevail
…across all countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The few high performing pupils in England come mostly from independent and some from grammar schools, with almost nonefrom…
Call for private schooling for all
…areas that are over-subscribed. Research has shown that England’s top performing comprehensives and academies are “significantly more socially selective”, with fewer pupils than average on free school meals – a…
Lotteries should decide secondary school admissions, parents say
…to live within catchment of their chosen school, comparison website Confused.com revealed this week. A 2010 study of the lottery system introduced in Brighton in 2007, which was designed to…
Offer all children chance of private school, parents say
…findings are part of a survey commissioned by the Sutton Trust, for its new ”mobility manifesto”, which sets out a series of recommendations ahead of next year’s General Election on…
Sutton Trust Welcomes New Elite Britain Report
Commenting on new Elite Britain report from the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission highlighting the dominance of independently and Oxbridge educated people at the top of the professions, Dr…