…comprehensives could be regarded as socially selective. Rather less has been said about primary school admissions policies, yet the choices made at age five can impact on social mobility as…
Budget 2016 debate on education influenced throughout by Sutton Trust evidence
…Sutton Trust, in its comment on the Government’s proposals on academies, said that it is “the quality of teaching that has the most substantial impact on pupil outcomes, especially for…
Hadley Freeman: So the privately educated are the new underclass? Spare me the sob story
Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman cited Leading People research in her column I have lived in Britain – mainly on, sometimes off – for 25 years, but there are still two…
All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility: Inquiry into Access into Leading Professions
…and loved stories that managed to capture the essence of social mobility – it deeply frustrates me that the life chances of the children in my constituency are determined more…
Inquiry to Investigate How Best to Improve Access to Leading Professions
…penned some of our best known and loved stories that managed to capture the essence of social mobility – it deeply frustrates me that the life chances of the children…
Unfair Deal mentioned in Lords
25th January Peers debated the plans to replace student maintenance grants with loans when Labour proposed a “motion of regret” on the proposal. Labour Peer Lord Stevenson introduced the motion…