…December 1979. Ironically, they were one of the few privately schooled bands among the best selling musical acts that year. Most musicians had come from humble beginnings to reach the…
Celebrating the toolkit
…Our argument was simple: HOW the billions of pounds would actually be spent by schools would be critical to its success. In August 2010, the Trust said it would commission…
Accessing the American Dream
…year of the Sutton Trust’s US Programme, run in partnership with the US-UK Fulbright Commission: 100 students went to Yale University and 50 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Last…
England’s level playing field
…how an accident of birth also affects your chances of success in the sporting arena. Professional hockey players in Canada are disproportionately born early in the calendar year. The eligibility…
Sir Peter Lampl: We don’t need no grandiose education
…available. Some approaches popular with teachers appear far less effective than you might think. For example, there is very little proof that reducing class sizes by small amounts or employing…
New grammar school test thwarts ‘pushy parents’
More grammar schools are redesigning their “11-plus” entrance exams to stop intensive tutoring, reported Tess Reidy in The Observer, highlighting recent Sutton Trust research. Increasing numbers of grammar schools are…