…measures is a promising start that will help get our children’s education back on track, but there are no quick fixes. Undoing the negative impact of the last 12 months…
Young peoples’ prospects impacted by Covid and new Employer Guidance from Sutton Trust
…creating alternative routes into your organisation. Improve recruitment practices Put systems and processes in place to ensure that you can assess applicants’ achievements in context and make sure recruitment practices…
Knowing the right people more important than a university degree
…schools (excluding special schools, fee-paying schools and sixth form college) in England and Wales. Pupils were selected from a random sample of schools, and self-completion questionnaires were completed online between…
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…
Britain’s most powerful people 5 times more likely to go to private school
…of significant length. Adopting contextual recruitment and admissions practices to enter top universities and industries. Tackling social segregation in schools through fairer admissions practices in comprehensives and grammars and opening…
Two-thirds of academy chains perform below average for disadvantaged pupils
…results, with newer chains frequently performing poorly, indicating that it takes time for a new trust to establish effective practices in the schools it takes over. To make sure that…