Responding to the UCAS end of cycle applications data, Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust, said today: “The continuing growth in disadvantaged applicants is welcome, and will narrow…
Poorest children are catching up with the rest of kids when it comes to the three R’s
…The proportion of pupils on free school meals hitting targets at age 11 rose from 63% to 67% in a year. But that figure compared to 83% for the rest…
Two countries united by a common access problem
…facing similar issues when it comes to educational inequalities. Even in setting the scene, the contextual factors at play are strikingly resonant – low levels of social mobility compared to…
A divided nation losing its American dream?
…are reformers wanting to introduce more competition between schools, common test scores and teacher evaluations that distinguish genuinely between good and poor performers. On the other are the skeptics, backed…
Professional lessons in Germany and Switzerland
…to be impressed by the level of commitment to youth training that this company makes. Within its 3250-strong German workforce, seven per cent of places at any one time are…
Four schools and one college win more places at Oxbridge than 2000 schools combined
…universities while the other managed only 28%. At two low-scoring comprehensives, again with near identical Ucas tariff scores, almost 70% of 18-year-olds applied to higher education at one, only 33%…