Commenting on the new access agreements published by the Office for Fair Access today, Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust said: “I welcome the £750m a year now…
Schools ‘hire ex-Navy personnel’ to drag naughty kids out of bed
…police officers to go knock on pupils’ homes and force them out of bed and into school, a headteacher has said. Dame Sharon Hollows, who has used government funding to…
Mind the Gap
…also reflected on the broader thrust of education policy. She hoped there would be widespread agreement that all children should be able to achieve their full potential. She stressed that…
Nicky Morgan warns against ‘scatter-gun’ use of pupil premium
…“just to hope that the pupil premium reaches the right children”. “Evidence from the National Audit Office and Education Endowment Foundation shows that in too many cases, it still isn’t…
Majority of schools risk ‘diluting’ pupil premium benefit, says watchdog
…the cash effectively. ……. Polling commissioned from the National Foundation for Educational Research, by the Sutton Trust and EEF, shows that half of primary teachers and 44 per cent of…
Funds shortfall for poorest schools
…was worth £2.5 billion last year but improvements are needed to ensure if offers value for money, the National Audit Office (NAO) said. ……. A separate report on the pupil…