…in determining children’s life chances, according to the first survey of attitudes to inequality and social mobility commissioned by the Sutton Trust. The results from the Ipsos MORI survey of…
New report reveals stark education gaps beyond the classroom
The extent of the educational divide ‘beyond the classroom’ is revealed today by research commissioned by the Sutton Trust into the amount of homework and other extra curricular activities undertaken…
Global Education Rankings Can Be Misleading
…from early years through to Access to the Professions. The report Confusion in the Ranks: How Good are England’s Schools? is available on the Sutton Trust website at www.suttontrust.com/our-work/research/ There…
Improvements in exam results are the best way to evaluate teachers
The research, by Richard Murphy of the London School of Economics, looks at the three most common ways of assessing teachers, and finds that improvements in pupils test scores are…
All young people should do maths to age 18 to prepare for today’s workplace
…today, because the GCSE curriculum fails to give them the practical skills they need in the modern workplace. New research for the Trust shows that those who achieve a good…
Graduates paying off student loans into their 50s – IFS/Sutton Trust
…well into their forties and early fifties, according to new research for the Sutton Trust by the Institute for Fiscal Studies published today. The research by Claire Crawford and Wenchao…