…sports, it has been found that 53% of national school competitions were won by state schools and 46% by independent schools, despite 86% of competing schools coming from the state…
Reflecting back on 2021 and looking forward to 2022
…people with more opportunities in more areas than ever before, as well as extending that support into their early careers. And projects such as our new COSMO study, in partnership…
Moving in the right direction: Social mobility and university access
…on where and what they study. Our landmark new report, published in partnership with the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), calculates a ‘mobility rate’ for universities, subjects, and individual degrees,…
Going further: extending the pupil premium to post-16 settings
…confident in supporting their children’s work at home compared to their better-off peers. Yet despite all this, students in post-16 education have been conspicuously left out of the majority of…
A moment for change?
…can funding best support outcomes for all young children? What can be done to ensure provision is as stable a feature of communities as primary schools are? A change of…
Inequality in early years education isn’t offering a fair start
…of the targeted ‘Leadership Quality Fund’, to improve pay and conditions for staff, so that settings, particularly serving less advantaged communities, can attract and retain a well-qualified workforce, as well…