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Giving pupils a sporting chance

…and even producing it. Often they get more out from the athletes than the athletes themselves believed they ever could achieve. Perhaps more pupils would then benefit from the educational…

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Independence and Access

…carefully, track changes from year to year and ask for detailed comments on fairness from our member schools. We do this because good quality data informs the choices our own…

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Why we need Open Access

…and influential tend to send their children to independent schools. We have grammar schools which contain very few children eligible for free school meals. Then there are top-ranked comprehensives ‎…

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Parliament and Policy: July 2014

…immediately when they come to school because they do not have the back-up from home and the community.” —- Graham Stuart MP (Con, Beverley and Holderness), Chairman of the Education…

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Parliament and Policy: June 2014

…assumption underpinning ‘parental choice’ is that parents are all equally informed and engaged in active choice-making”, but Professor Francis explained that some working class parents behaved in ways that were…

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Make school admissions fairer

…apply to good schools. More importantly, those from disadvantaged homes wouldn’t be priced out of applying to the best comprehensives, improving social mobility. Conor Ryan, Director of Research and Communications…