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A new syllabus

…appalled others: away from comprehensive education and towards academic selection. *** As for England’s 163 remaining grammar schools, a review by the Sutton Trust, a charity, found that they improved…

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A new model for social mobility?

…One of the Sutton Trust’s newest schemes, in partnership with the Fulbright Commission, helps teenagers to apply to American universities and win scholarships to pay the fees. It is very…

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Justine Greening appointed new education secretary

Sean Coughlan reports on the Sutton Trust’s analysis of Theresa May’s new cabinet. Justine Greening has been appointed as education secretary in Theresa May’s Cabinet reshuffle. Ms Greening, who went…

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Helping the Highly Able

…that the new Progress 8 measure (which replaces five good GCSEs as the Level 4 benchmark from 2016) will start to change such attitudes, though a focus on the extent…