…be due to compulsory military service, a social equalizer and training ground for essential life skills? Perhaps. But even if so, national service looks a step too far for Britain’s…
A third of heads “using funding for poorer pupils to plug gaps” in their school’s budget new Sutton Trust polling of teachers
…the Public Accounts Committee warn are threatening to undermine the quality of education in English schools. Almost two-thirds (65%) of the secondary school heads polled said that their school had…
In the shadows
…has commissioning annually for over a decade), we found that a quarter of pupils between ages 11-16 have received private tuition at some point in their life. Each year, about…
Leading Article: Losing Focus
…nation of the burning injustice that poorer children get a poorer education and end up in lower-paid jobs. Mrs May is right to fight such injustice, but it is misguided…
Studying cultures and languages at Nottingham
…dispelled. And, of course, the fun bit of advice was that it’s never a bad idea to take fancy dress stuff with you to university, because you never know when…
SMALL BUT INCREASING NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ARE USING THEIR PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING TO OFFSET BUDGET CUTS NEW SUTTON TRUST AND EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION POLLING
…premium funding was. The most common priority for spending, identified by over a quarter of teachers (28%), was on early intervention schemes. 13% said that more 1:1 tuition was a…