…substantially below the national average for attainment and improvement” for children from poorer families. Read the full report here. The Trust report was also featured on 5 Live news bulletins….
Schools offset cuts with funds meant for disadvantaged pupils, study says
Marie Cahalane reports on our pupil premium polling. A “growing” number of schools are using their funding for disadvantaged pupils to offset budget cuts elsewhere, new polling shows. BT News…
Pupil Premium: money matters, but nothing more than the teacher
…it in their work. This is welcome news. One of the main challenges in tackling the attainment gap is the big variation in the performance of similar schools with equivalent…
Sathnam Sanghera: We got rid of empire, now we must fight for social equality
…senior judges, half of prominent print journalists, the majority of leading newspaper editors, nearly a third of MPs, half the cabinet and so on. Read his full column here (£)…
How can a whole borough have no A-levels?
Sean Coughlan quoted Sir Peter Lampl in an analysis for BBC News online of Knowsley’s lack of A-level provision How could there be an entire local authority in England where…
Parents face ‘complex’ school criteria
Hannah Richardson reported for BBC News online on our Caught Out research The most socially selective schools in England are making parents jump through numerous hoops in order to get…