…question 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…
Wide variations found in how academy chains are improving grades for poorer pupils
Robert de Vries writes for The Conversation on his Sutton Trust research on academy chains. Nearly 15 years after the first academies – state-funded schools with more autonomy – were…
Rich teenagers still dominate top universities
…access to the best universities have stalled, research indicates. The report from an independent commission set up to examine the impact of higher university fees also reveals that the gender…
Percent scheme supports disadvantaged students to elite university places
…doorstep of many of the country’s most academically selective universities, the least advantaged fifth of young people remain ten times less likely to attend an elite university than the most…
Lasting benefits
…social mobility, our respondents have maintained strong ties with their families. However, their social circles are cosmopolitan and similarly highly educated. They also are more likely to have settled down…
Lack of policy action risks widening attainment gap and worsening the quality of education for all young children
…certain work-based criteria*. This means expanded early years education will not be provided to many children from poorer families. This comes as increasing workforce and capacity pressures for providers could…