…Decline in young people from low-income backgrounds taking up apprenticeships https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/decline-in-young-people-from-low-income-backgrounds-taking-up-apprenticeships/ The Recent Evolution of Apprenticeships https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/the-recent-evolution-of-apprenticeships/ 28582 28346 26029 3 25% Apprenticeship starts fell by almost a quarter between…
Measuring Disadvantage
…Commonly used markers of disadvantage ‘not effective’ at identifying low-income students https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/commonly-used-markers-of-disadvantage-not-effective-at-identifying-low-income-students/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 The number of years a child has been eligible for free school meals…
Parental Engagement Network (PEN)
…20171124 2017 24666 4 Supporting parents can boost home learning https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/supporting-parents-can-boost-home-learning/ Key findings 1 pink 1 The analyses showed a significant effect of the intervention on the children’s Home Learning…
School Funding and Pupil Premium 2024
…in school leaders reporting spending cuts, with primary schools hit hardest by funding pressures https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/sharp-increase-in-school-leaders-reporting-spending-cuts-with-primary-schools-hit-hardest-by-funding-pressures/ Balancing budgets: Schools forced to make increasing cuts to staff and activities amid funding crisis…
Academic Assets
…Most UK university endowment funds fail to grow as US funds increase by a quarter in a decade https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/uk-university-endowment-funds-fail-grow-us-funds-increase-quarter-decade-sutton-trust-research/ Conor Ryan: Endowments could help postgraduate students https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/endowments-help-postgraduate-students/ 1 Key Findings…
DELAY EXPANSION OF FREE PLACES FOR TWO YEAR-OLDS OR CHILDREN WILL NOT GET THE FULL BENEFIT – SUTTON TRUST
…current policy and practice against the research evidence. The full report is available at https://www.suttontrust.com/our-work/research/item/sound-foundations/ 3. Since September 2013, the poorest 20 per cent of two year-olds have been eligible…