…law firms to ensure fair and equal access to quality work experience in the legal profession. More information can be found at www.primecommitment.org The 751 work experience placements in 2012…
Global Education Rankings Can Be Misleading
…from early years through to Access to the Professions. The report Confusion in the Ranks: How Good are England’s Schools? is available on the Sutton Trust website at www.suttontrust.com/our-work/research/ There…
Improvements in exam results are the best way to evaluate teachers
…report, Testing Teachers: What works best for teacher evaluation and appraisal, is available on the Sutton Trust website at www.suttontrust.com. The research was conducted by Richard Murphy of the Centre…
Working class gender gap widens in first year of £9000 tuition fees
…431,000 in 2011 to 407,391 in 2012 – a drop of 23,844 or by 5.5%, making UK acceptances the lowest since 2008. The numbers were also 4.1% down on 2010….
NFER poll results on teachers spending pupil premium
…£1.875 billion is being allocated in 2013-14. When asked how their school would be spending this cash in 2012/2013, 23 per cent of teachers, including one in five secondary teachers,…
21 state school students head to prestigious American universities as a result of Sutton Trust US summer school
…The US-UK Fulbright Commission fosters mutual cultural understanding througheducational exchange between both nations. www.fulbright.org.uk A full list of students going to US universities with their original schools is attached. More…