…to careers advice. One or two of us were old enough to remember being presented with the stark choice: “It’s either the pit or the steelworks for you lad.” I…
Want fairer school admissions? Then stop tinkering and scrap all selection
Fiona Millar highlights Sutton Trust research in a Guardian Education comment piece on school admissions. Over the past few weeks I have found myself unusually preoccupied with the issue of…
School places: a guide through the minefield of admissions
…have intakes that are very different from their local communities. And a recent survey by the pressure group Comprehensive Future found that in some parts of the country up to…
Managing the cost of children’s music tuition
…be diverted to ensure that poorer youngsters can benefit from this “cultural capital”. Conor Ryan, director of research at the charity, says that this could come from the pupil premium…
Mobility in the Manifestos
…up the 100 leading independent day schools, yet those who criticise the idea don’t offer any serious alternatives or the idea that comprehensive schools should have fairer admissions. For the…
Debunking the Myths Around School Choice
…justify their decision to abandon the state system for private schools elsewhere. And those who have committed to the local Comp have been transformed into evangelical zealots. There is no…