…its research and recommendations into a government consultation on the issue that closes in mid-October. Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said…
Oxbridge graduates teaching in state secondary schools double in decade
…access the best teachers as their more advantaged peers.” Barnaby Lenon, Chairman, Independent Schools Council, said: “The Sutton Trust are right to identify that teachers with high quality qualifications are…
Innovative new app aims to give disadvantaged toddlers a head start
…be developed as part of a new £1m parental engagement fund from the Sutton Trust and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, it was announced today. By sending parents ideas of games to…
Bright disadvantaged pupils get better A-levels through reading for pleasure, education trips and regular homework, as well as good schools
…A-levels in any subjects compared with 60% of their bright advantaged peers. But the researchers identified a number of factors that made it significantly more likely that the bright disadvantaged…
New £1m fund to find the best ways of working with parents to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children
…led by not- for- profit organisations, aimed at improving children’s cognitive development through parental engagement, for up to three years. It will complement the work of the Education Endowment Foundation…
Reasons to be cheerful
…our programmes – long in the planning – come to fruition, thanks to the hard work of the university staff, teachers, student mentors and others who make it all happen….