…only pressure would come from schools’ desire to educate able children from all backgrounds, and their need to compete with a new, dynamic sector drawing on a wider talent pool….
Personal statements help independent school students “stand out from the crowd”
…309 personal statements, all of which were submitted to the same department of the same leading university by students with the same A-level results. His report is available at https://www.suttontrust.com/our-work/research….
Milburn report “a wake-up call” on social mobility
…comparing apprenticeships internationally and recommending a big expansion of advanced apprenticeships in England was published today. The report Real Apprenticeships is available at the Sutton Trust website at https://www.suttontrust.com/researcharchive/real-apprenticeships-2/ …
Private school premium of £194,000 revealed in new report
…distributed across households incomes: The number of children coming from the top 10 per cent of household incomes would roughly halve; and, The proportion of children coming from the bottom…
Access to Banking Polling
…of senior figures in finance think presentation at interview affects disadvantaged people’s chances of getting a job https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/four-fifths-of-senior-figures-in-finance-think-presentation-at-interview-affects-disadvantaged-peoples-chances-of-getting-a-job-2/ Key findings 1 pink 1 Four-fifths of senior figures in financial services…
Pupil Premium Polling 2016
…Press release: Small but increasing number of schools are using their pupil premium funding to offset budget cuts https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/small-but-increasing-number-of-schools-are-using-their-pupil-premium-funding-to-offset-budget-cuts-new-sutton-trust-and-education-endowment-foundation-polling/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 A small, but growing, number of…