…Economics, suggests ten tips that schools should use for effective evaluation of their teachers: Schools should not rely on one single approach to teacher appraisal or evaluation. Instead they should…
Working class gender gap widens in first year of £9000 tuition fees
…Independent Commission on Fees shows today. And while the fall in acceptances did not have any disproportionate impact on less privileged areas of England overall, young male acceptances from these…
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
…They are an inspiration for this year’s students and will encourage other British young people to see the US as a real possibility for university.” Lucinda Denney, an A-level student…
Londoners most likely to pay for extra tuition as demand remains high
…help with their lessons. Polling by Ipsos MORI for the Sutton Trust shows that 24% of all young people in 2013 said they had received private or home tuition at…
Private school premium of £194,000 revealed in new report
…standardised tests shows that selection based on merit, rather than ability to pay fees, would significantly alter the social composition of the UK’s independent schools – with places more evenly…