…increasingly realise how disconnected it is from the reality experienced by much of the UK, the barriers stopping those from poorer backgrounds or minorities making it into the country’s newsrooms…
‘Deep divide’ in Welsh students applying to university
BBC News citing comment from Chief Executive, Lee Elliot-Major, that there is a deep divide in education in Wales. There is a “deep divide” between the types of students in…
Bacc to the future
Conor Ryan sees good news – and big challenges – in new research on the EBacc. Next month, hundreds of thousands of young people will learn their GCSE results. Their…
Theresa May’s cabinet has the lowest number of privately educated ministers in 70 years
Yahoo! News quotes the Sutton Trust is their report on the cabinet reshuffle. Theresa May’s cabinet has the lowest proportion of ministers who went to private school in more than…
Private tutors ‘must face criminal records checks’
BBC News citing our Private tuition polling 2015. All self-employed tutors should be legally required to have a criminal records check before they can offer private lessons to children in…
Academy trusts ‘no better than councils’
…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….