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Sutton Trust response to GCSE Results Day 2025

…decreased at academies this year (down from 21.2% to 19.5%), relative to other comprehensive schools, which increased from 19.4% to 19.7%. A key post-pandemic trend has been grammar schools outperforming…

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Reforming post-18 education

This blog is part of a series looking at challenges and opportunities in education as we come out of the pandemic, based on interviews with a range of experts carried…

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Our Alumni Policy Wishlist 

…know best what they need from their universities. Then we heard from Nick Hillman, the director of the Higher Education Policy Institute. Nick opened by saying that he was surprised…

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Reflecting on three years of alumni engagement

…where things stand. A key ambition has been to create a strong community of alums. We know that that many opportunities come through networks (not least the career-establishing internship), and…