…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…
ONE IN SIX POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IS PRIVATELY EDUCATED
…students obtained a First or Upper Second class degree (the usual requirements for pursuing a postgraduate course) in 2008 compared with 64% of state educated students. However, comparing like-for-like students…
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%…
Sutton Trust Comment On OECD Report
Commenting on the OECD Education At A Glance report findings on social segregation in the UK, Sutton Trust chair Sir Peter Lampl said today: “These findings bear out recent Sutton…
Sutton Trust comment on Alan Milburn report
…Endowment Foundation, said: “Alan Milburn is absolutely right to urge a greater focus on outreach activities by universities and to stress the importance of schools closing the attainment gap. “We…
Sutton Trust comment on OFFA access agreement guidance
Commenting on today’s OFFA guidance for 2014-15 university access agreements, Sir Peter Lampl, chair of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation said: OFFA is right to urge…