…team went to state comprehensives – many now branded academies (not to be confused with football club academies). But what is striking is the glaring absence of London schools from…
Why we need Open Access
…backgrounds. And the Trust has long-argued for the increased use of ballots and banding to widen admissions to socially exclusive comprehensives and academies. Today’s report from the Social Market Foundation,…
Conor Ryan: Make school admissions fairer
…last week found that 89 London academies and other secondary schools have already adopted fairer admissions policies, using ability banding or random ballots so that access to those schools and…
School place lotteries are on the rise
Greg Hurst in The Times covers new Sutton Trust Research on school admissions procedures. Growing numbers of academies and free schools have introduced admissions lotteries or ability assessments to ensure…
Lotteries ‘used more’ to decide on school places
…says the Sutton Trust. With the “banding” method, schools take some pupils from each ability group. The trust says the growth is because more schools are becoming academies – state-funded…
Admissions lotteries and banding on the rise in secondaries, report reveals
…shows that a “small but growing number” of schools – predominantly sponsored academies – are using the practices of ability banding and random allocation in their admissions criteria. Ahead of…