…Access if state funding were available. Too often our efforts to improve educational opportunities are bedevilled by polarised debates and ideologically driven arguments. I believe we should just go with…
Sir Peter Lampl: Kicking away the social ladder
…which figures are available. I know that tackling this is a matter of extreme urgency for both him and the Conservatives, which has set up a taskforce on social mobility…
Schools should use pupil premium to give disadvantaged children’s private tuition
…who send them to state schools. In addition, richer parents are four times more likely to fork out for extracurricular activities such as sport, music, drama and visits to museums…
Tuition and hobbies helping richer children
Children from wealthier families gain a “substantial advantage” from tuition and extra-curricular activities, say researchers. Lessons in dancing, sport and languages give children “another edge”, says the Sutton Trust education…
Sutton Trust Welcomes New Elite Britain Report
Commenting on new Elite Britain report from the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission highlighting the dominance of independently and Oxbridge educated people at the top of the professions, Dr…
Are law firms doing enough to encourage diversity?
…the proportion of lawyers who attended state schools or are the first in their family to go to university are few and far between, with most firms not harvesting such…