…claim that “it’s not where you come from but where you’re going to that matters” felt increasingly like empty rhetoric as he surrounded himself with Etonian chums in Whitehall. His…
Sharp rise in children receiving private tuition
The Guardian’s Sally Weale cites findings from our Shadow Schooling report. The private tuition industry is booming, with the proportion of pupils paying for a tutor to help with school…
Bacc to the future
Conor Ryan sees good news – and big challenges – in new research on the EBacc. Next month, hundreds of thousands of young people will learn their GCSE results. Their…
Scots students face ‘shocking’ university access gap
…university than those from wealthy backgrounds, researchers have found. Their study showed 90% of growth in higher education places for disadvantaged students came from colleges, not universities. The Sutton Trust…
Scotland’s access challenge
…to credit that learning. Sturgeon has commendably accepted many of the recommendations of the Commission, including the idea of an independent Commissioner for Fair Access – a cross between Les…
Private pupils rule the roost – and not just in politics
James Bloodworth wrote about the Sutton Trust candidates’ research at the Left Foot Forward blog. In a capitalist economy wealth tends to grow faster than economic output, as French economist…