…in the study group – many applying for competitive courses like Medicine and Law – got at least one offer from a Russell Group university. The ‘Academic Apprentices’ significantly outperformed…
The Sutton Trust and PRIME call for better engagement in social mobility initiatives
…why there was a social mobility problem in the legal profession, respondents who think something is preventing candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds from getting law training contracts revealed that a large…
Students face extra repayments of £2,800 if repayment threshold frozen on existing loans
Changes from Chancellor George Osborne’s summer budget which would freeze the student loan repayment threshold at £21,000 for five years will cost the typical borrower an extra £2,800. This new…
Oxbridge graduates teaching in state secondary schools double in decade
…500,000 pupils in the UK. Teaching By Degrees can be accessed from 0001 on Friday 19th June at www.suttontrust.com Teaching By Degrees updates the findings of Teacher Qualifications, a 2003…
Innovative new app aims to give disadvantaged toddlers a head start
…come from or whatever their circumstances. The Parental Engagement Fund is targeted at providing parenting support and tools to reduce the attainment gap between the richest and poorest families in…
Bright disadvantaged pupils get better A-levels through reading for pleasure, education trips and regular homework, as well as good schools
…professions. For more information visit suttontrust.com. Subject to Background by Professor Pam Sammons, Dr Katalin Toth and Professor Kathy Sylva, from Oxford University Department of Education, draws on data from…