Aftab Ali citing the Sutton Trust’s analysis of Prime Minister Theresa May’s new cabinet. Theresa May has been praised for having the lowest number of privately-educated ministers in a new…
Half of the new Cabinet ‘went to Oxbridge’
…Cameron’s new Cabinet were privately educated. This is in comparison with 7 per cent of the general population. Furthemore, of the 28 new Cabinet ministers, 50 per cent went to…
Is the new student loan system more progressive than its predecessor?
Claire Crawford and Wenchao Jin, authors of the new Sutton Trust/IFS report, discuss their findings in an article for The Conversation. Nearly three-quarters of graduates will not clear their student…
Send best new teachers to worst schools
Sutton Trust research is mentioned in the Scotsman in a story about a new focus by Labour on closing the gap through early years education. Failing schools should be targeted…
Poor mentoring can be worse than no mentoring, new teachers’ toolkit reveals
…student’s chances. The new Toolkit adds to the list of approaches that research shows are effective at boosting attainment, while comparing their relative cost effectiveness. Each of the following can…
Drop-out crisis looms if students are not supported through crisis
…cent compared to 48 per cent of those from better off families), or other family members (9 per cent compared to 12 per cent). “Particularly concerning is that 4 per…