…premium is more important than ever in the context of these pressures. It is deeply concerning that increasing numbers of schools report having to use their pupil premium funding to…
A Year of Fair School Admissions
…a Pupil Premium priority in our admissions policy, we reaffirm our dedication to supporting some of the more vulnerable pupils in our community. Completing the Fair School Admissions Pledge aligns…
Studying at Oxbridge earns you £7,600 more than studying at a new university
…a post-1992 university. Graduates of Oxford and Cambridge gain a significant premium, even compared to other highly selective universities, earning £3,300 (15%) more than those in the 11 other most…
Peter Lampl: Forget costly UK universities. Go to America
…for degrees with their actual rather than predicted A-level grades. This half-hearted commitment is bizarre given that the central mantra of the Government’s strategy is to create an army of…
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…
Britain’s most powerful people 5 times more likely to go to private school
…to two-fifths (39 per cent) of those in top positions. The findings are presented in Elitist Britain 2019, a new report by the Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Commission,…