…20210819 2021 27943 31587 4 7 1 Disadvantaged three- and- four-year-olds ‘locked out’ of crucial early years opportunities https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/disadvantaged-three-and-four-year-olds-locked-out-of-crucial-early-years-opportunities/ 27954 70% The proportion of parents eligible for the 30 hour…
Academy chains ‘worse for disadvantaged children’ than local authority schools
Richard Garner reports for the Independent on the varying performance of academy chains, as shown in the new Sutton Trust report. Some academy chains are “highly ineffective” in improving the…
Making the Grade
…Have they widened the disadvantage gap? https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/the-effect-of-gcse-reforms/ 1 1/4 Grades for poorer pupils fell by a quarter of a grade compared to wealthier pupils. pink 1% Just 1% of poorer…
Paving the Way
…received substantial guidance on apprenticeships than university https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/pupils-four-times-less-likely-to-say-they-have-received-substantial-guidance-on-apprenticeships-than-university/ Paving the way to better careers guidance in schools https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/paving-the-way-to-better-careers-guidance-in-schools/ 36% Over a third of secondary pupils are not confident on their…
The Recruitment Gap
…most with teacher recruitment https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/disadvantaged-schools-struggling-most-with-teacher-recruitment/ Becky Allen and Laura McInerney: The 3 R’s of the teacher recruitment gap https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/recruit-retain-and-reputation-the-3rs-of-the-teacher-recruitment-gap/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Schools serving disadvantaged communities struggle to…
Sutton Trust response the Education Committee’s inquiry into Multi Academy Trusts
…their schools. MATs should seek out successful practice and reflect on what their own chain could learn from it. Regional School Commissioners should only allow MATs to expand when they…