…to promote social mobility, warned today that changes had resulted in “a decline in the quality and quantity of the career guidance available to young people in England and the…
Careers advice is a ‘postcode lottery’, warns Sutton Trust
…specialist careers advisers. The call comes as a new report for the trust shows that where schools provide guidance of a high quality, there are improvements to GCSE results, attendance…
School places: a guide through the minefield of admissions
…been so rapid that around three-quarters of England’s secondary schools are now their own admissions authorities – up from around a third only 10 years ago. They may not all…
Managing the cost of children’s music tuition
…the pupil premium] made available through vouchers for either parents or schools to enable them to buy extra lessons in subjects like music,” he says. Read the full article here….
Teachers on track
…complain that state school students, particularly those from schools and colleges in poorer areas, lack the breadth and depth of knowledge of their privately-schooled peers; by providing students with the…
Peter Lampl: Merit, not money, has to prevail
…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…