…to do more to tackle the “huge waste of talent”. He said: “It is staggering that at age 16 bright but poor pupils lag behind their rich classmates by almost…
Bright pupils from poor families can lag 3 years behind better-off peers
…study, said it was ‘staggering’ that these youngsters are so far behind, warning it is a ‘huge waste of talent’. It follows a pledge by Theresa May to help raise…
Down by a third, number of pupils aged 11 who reach target for three Rs
…third, results from this year’s tougher SATs tests show. Almost 200,000 children are in under-performing primary schools, the data reveals. In total, 665 mainstream English primaries fell below the Government’s…
Evaluating EasyPeasy
…jugular and designed a ‘Randomised Control Trial’ – considered to be the ‘gold standard’ for evaluation in social science and education, but also regarded as a particularly complicated method to…
New school funding proposals will not address the ‘double disadvantage’ faced by poorer pupils in deprived areas
…poor children achieving the same levels of academic success as their more advantaged peers”. It draws on previous research by Oxford University for the Trust that found pupils who were…
Four-fifths of senior figures in finance think presentation at interview affects disadvantaged people’s chances of getting a job
…just over three-quarters (77%) who said that school and university results were affecting the job chances of those from disadvantaged backgrounds. 62% said that employers thinking they wouldn’t fit in…