…pointed out the difficulty in closing their attainment gaps given factors outside the school gates. When it comes to deciding which programmes and approaches to adopt to improve learning, the…
One in four teachers take on private tuition outside of school
…Voice Omnibus Surveys three times a year, in the autumn, spring and summer terms. The robust survey achieves responses from over 1,000 practising teachers from schools in the publicly funded…
Decline in advice and guidance at school
The provision of advice and guidance for teenagers at school has plummeted over the last 12 years suggests a major survey commissioned by the Sutton Trust. The decline comes despite…
Careers advice is ‘affecting school results’
…from the Connexions service. The Government also created a new National Careers Service in 2012 which offers telephone and web based advice for students. The Sutton Trust charity, which works…
One-third of MPs in new House of Commons was privately educated
…sources, such as candidates’ campaign web pages. The school and university backgrounds of MPs were obtained by using a number of publicly available sources, such as Who’s Who and MPs’…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on Education Select Committee report on multi-academy trusts
Commenting on the Education Select Committee’s report on the performance, accountability and expansion of multi-academy trusts, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: “The Committee…