…of the university’s 38 colleges. The scheme, introduced this year, offers smart pupils from tough backgrounds who don’t have the requisite grades a free, year-long course before they go through…
New school funding proposals will not address the ‘double disadvantage’ faced by poorer pupils in deprived areas
…from a disadvantaged background and who lived in a poorer neighbourhood were much less likely to take A-levels than disadvantaged pupils from better-off areas. Historically, schools in neighbourhoods with high…
New grammars to be told: Put families on less than £33k first
In article for The Daily Mail, Eleanor Harding and Daniel Martin quote our Chairman, Sir Peter Lampl, in response to new proposals to improve access to grammar schools for ‘ordinary…
March of the meritocrats
James Slack, Jason Groves and Eleanor Harding comment on the Sutton Trust’s analysis of Theresa May’s new cabinet on page 1 of the Daily Mail. Theresa May was hailed last…
SMALL BUT INCREASING NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ARE USING THEIR PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING TO OFFSET BUDGET CUTS NEW SUTTON TRUST AND EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION POLLING
…a representative sample of 1,607 teachers in March 2016. The panel included teachers from the full range of roles in primary and secondary schools, from headteachers to newly qualified class…
Sir Peter Lampl responds to Sir Michael Wilshaw’s commentary on the most able pupils
Responding to commentary by Sir Michael Wilshaw on the most able pupils, Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “Sir Michael is…