…pupils – those eligible for pupil premium funding – who benefitted most at these ‘curriculum change schools’, essentially because students who were had average or in some cases, below average,…
Sir Peter Lampl and Sir Kevan Collins respond to the Sainsbury report on technical education
…before beginning technical education, as is already the case for apprentices. “But hundreds of thousands of young people each year are leaving formal education without these skills, seriously affecting their…
One in five academy chains below average for results and improvement for poorest pupils, but best chains delivering outstanding results
…takes an open minded approach to commissioning improvement provision that is established as successful, wherever it is found.” Please see attached PDFs for Summary tables and case studies. NOTES…
Social Mobility APPG Access into Leading Professions Inquiry Session Two – Access into Medicine – a summary
…the importance of high quality careers advice in schools; encouraging school-recruiter (in this case the medical school) collaboration; the significance of work experience (particularly to mitigate networking effects); a need…
Girls set their sight on university at age 13
…cent of boys. Researchers said that this was the case because girls “tend to mature” faster “socially and academically” and they feel more comfortable within school because they are better…
Leading article: Scotland’s education problems will test Swinney
…enough to silence her critics. This week, she has been accused by political opponents of having no significant strategy to back up her stated intentions. If she has a case…