James Richardson, Senior Analyst at the Education Endowment Foundation, discusses how their Families of Schools database can help schools understand and overcome their common challenges. For teachers, context is king….
Unfair Deal quoted in debate on replacement of student maintenance grants with loans
…Sutton Trust when she commented that “students from wealthy backgrounds are 10 times more likely to secure a place at university than those from poorer backgrounds”. Rupa Huq, Labour MP…
Ian Jack: India’s caste system and British private education are hardly alike, but both divide their societies
…even smaller: 5% had attended a comprehensive, compared with the 21% who had gone to selective schools and the 74% who had gone private. In the military, only 12% of…
Fraction of top doctors educated at state school
…at comprehensive schools, an analysis has found. Access to prestigious jobs has barely improved in a generation, with the proportion of privately educated professionals changing only marginally since the 1980s,…
Supporting STEM
…helping children develop appropriate skills. Yet according to a recent CBI report, over half of businesses predict a shortfall in experienced STEM-skilled staff in the future. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds…
Zoe Brennan: Why state schools should stream their pupils
Dr Lee Elliott Major was quoted by Zoe Brennan in a Daily Telegraph article on setting and streaming This was to be the first step towards a glittering future, so…