…that we have a bigger range of candidates for the parties than current polling would suggest any is likely to win, but it also gives us statistically significant samples for…
Conor Ryan: University funding challenge
…the remaining maintenance grants with loans to be repaid at a rate of 9% of graduate income above £10,000 a year. In 2006, fees rose to £3,000, although universities were…
From Oxbridge to Uxbridge
…Appleby summed it up perfectly in the classic 1980’s BBC TV Comedy Yes Minister. Just about every politician and civil servant encountered in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister is…
Mobility in the Manifestos
…rules. Last year, we showed again the consequences of this approach. The 500 comprehensives – maintained schools and academies – with the best GCSE results took half as many disadvantaged…
Nearly half parents want ballots to play a part in school admissions, new YouGov poll shows, as Sutton Trust launches Mobility Manifesto
…incomes. POLLING TABLES Please consider the following scenario. A popular comprehensive academy has 100 places on offer, but 400 families have applied for these places. All of the families live…
The Sutton Trust at 15
…remain closed to 90 per cent of families who can’t afford the fees, unlike the situation when I was growing up, when 70% of them were principally state funded. That…