BBC News reports on findings from our Global Gaps report. Clever pupils from poorer homes in the UK are lagging behind their as able but better-off peers in maths, science…
Oxford bucks trend with fall in state pupil admission
…this background. Of its 2015/16 intake, 55.7per cent were from state schools and colleges, compared to 57.7 per cent five years ago in 2011/12. In contrast, the proportion of state…
Talented poor ‘miss out on top jobs’
The I’s Richard Vaughn cites findings from the Class Ceiling report, the APPG on Social Mobility report. Thousands of talented young people from disadvantaged backgrounds face missing out on top…
Down by a third, number of pupils aged 11 who reach target for three Rs
Eleanor Harding quoted our chairman in her Daily Mail coverage of the primary school tests The number of pupils hitting targets for reading, writing and maths is down nearly a…
Migrant kids are thrrriving in 3Rs
Lynn Davidson in the Sun quoted our chairman Sir Peter Lampl in her coverage of the primary school tests ONE in five primary school children don’t speak English as their…
How ‘just about managing’ families lose out in battle for grammars
…families, according to a new report by the Sutton Trust. The charity found children from ‘just about managing’ families make up just 16 per cent of grammar intakes in selective…