International Development Secretary, Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, has welcomed Sutton Scholars. Justine Greening with Sir Peter Lampl In a speech at the launch of the Sutton Scholars programme at…
Richest parents four times more likely than poorest to pay for extra classes for their children
Parents from the richest fifth of households are four times more likely to pay for extra classes outside school for their children than those in the poorest fifth of households,…
Celebrating the toolkit
Lee Elliot Major on the success of the Sutton Trust-EEF guide for schools Last week the Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Foundation were delighted to receive the Inspiration for Government…
Higher Ambitions Summit (afternoon sessions)
…2004 and had seen its first drop, by 135,000 over the past year. “The number of young people claiming benefits has also fallen for 23 successive months,” he stated. In…
Sir Peter Lampl: We don’t need no grandiose education
Sir Peter Lampl writes about education reform in the Sunday Times. Thursday’s school league tables revealed that in a quarter of English sixth forms and colleges not a single student…
TOP COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS MORE SOCIALLY SELECTIVE THAN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
Ballots are the fairest way to allocate oversubscribed school places. Comprehensive schools in England are highly socially segregated and the main reason for this is their admissions and selection processes…