Writing for the Independent, Adam Withnall quotes Sutton Trust research into the background of MPs. Labour is suffering one of the “great crises” of its history and may “never” be…
The comprehensive Cabinet
…the proportion of Cabinet ministers who went to a comprehensive school had more than doubled since 2010, from 21 per cent to 43 per cent. Read the full article here….
New Commons still has high proportion of Russell Group graduates
Times Higher Education highlighted the fact that nine out of ten new MPs in the House of Commons are graduates according to a new Sutton Trust report. The figures, from…
Grammar school is no better for pupils than a comprehensive
Reporting for The Indpendent, Sarah Cassidy cites Sutton Trust research into Grammar Schools. Grammar schools are no more successful than comprehensives at getting their pupils into elite universities, according to…
Teachers warned that praise can make pupils complacent
…a lack of ability than those who are presented with anger.” The finding comes in a report, What Makes Great Teaching, commissioned by the Sutton Trust education charity. It recommends…
Call this a Comprehensive?
…Comprehensives was published by the Sutton Trust, which works to improve social mobility through education. It stated that some of England’s highest-performing comprehensive schools and academies are “significantly more socially…