…at selective state or independent schools (compared to 11% of the population as a whole). It follows in the footsteps of the PRIME Commitment, which the Trust has supported since…
Lee Elliot Major: ‘I hope my story shows what can be achieved’
…end up going to university. In fact, I gained not one but three degrees. The truth is that I’ve only recently become completely comfortable in talking frankly about my early…
London pupils are twice as likely to receive private tuition as those outside the capital
…shows that private tuition has become much more common in London over the last year and more common across the whole country over the past decade. The fact that it’s…
More Oxbridge graduates teaching in state schools than independent sector’
…to analysis by the Sutton Trust, suggesting that high-profile efforts to attract graduates into teaching have paid off. Using data from a survey of 700 state secondary school teachers, the…
Weighing up the evidence
…the right incentives in place for someone to commission, participate in and faithfully use the results of a truly robust evaluation? I suspect often not. For organisations delivering programmes, the…
Silver Linings
…proportion which roughly reflects the profile of students getting the highest A level grades. And the summer school programme is particularly focussed not just on any state school, but on…