…shadow minister Liam Byrne will return to his old school to set out the case for dealing with this national scandal. Despite some internal resistance, Labour’s leadership are moving towards…
Tory MPs resurrect grammar school ‘albatross’
…improve access for low-income pupils, the evidence shows this is not the case. According to the Sutton Trust, a social mobility charity, only 2.7 per cent of grammar school entrants…
Justine Greening MP welcomes Sutton Scholars
…got to move beyond arguing about the problem, just pointing at the statistics that make respective cases. We need to start agreeing what we’re going to do about putting in…
Why we all need to work on better careers advice
…region can benefit from an array of options presented before them. Sadly, the opposite appears to be the case. New research from the educational charity, the Sutton Trust, finds that…
End the ‘postcode lottery’ of career guidance, urges Sutton Trust
…English secondary schools and colleges using data held by the Department for Education on attainment, attendance and progression. In addition 14 school case studies and six expert interviews were conducted…
James Turner: Making moves on social mobility
…that can be taken to improve things. There is certainly a case for intervening early on, getting young people from poorer homes used to the idea that a professional career…