…summit on admissions to the leading universities. Dr Cable said applications by 18-year-olds to undergraduate courses were near record levels and the highest ever among disadvantaged groups, despite the introduction…
The Vocational Challenge
…focused on admission to the top universities – were offering BTEC courses, compared with 82 per cent of non-selective state schools and colleges. Ms Curnock-Cook said she expected the take-up…
Social mobility’s killer facts
…inspiring a spate of Government white papers and policies, and even a Social Mobility Commission. 2. Children in the poorest fifth of families are already nearly a year behind children…
Grammar Tests
…state grammars. Of course the allocation of places in grammar schools is just one small part of a complex picture around educational provision for bright students from non-privileged homes. We…
Conor Ryan: Turning the tables on school fee proposals
…of levying charges on parents who choose to remain in the state system. At the same time, we believe fairer admissions to the most academically successful comprehensives and improved outreach…
James Turner: Government should sponsor private day schools to boost equality
…than their state-educated peers. Even when family background and early educational achievement are accounted for, the gap in earnings between someone who went to a private school and a state…