…schools, just 15.8 per cent of 11-year-olds were from “just about managing” families, who comprise about 6m households on low and low-to-middle incomes, according to one definition. By comparison, children…
Must do better: British schools fail to impress in world ranking
…changes from assessments by a similar sample three years earlier. ….. Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust education charity, said: “We still need to do much more to…
Phone app aids early learning for poor families, say experts
The i’s Padraic Flanagan cites findings from our EasyPeasy trial evaluation. A phone app designed for disadvantaged pre-school children has been found to improve concentration and problem-solving by toddlers, according…
School help ‘must target poor white pupils’
…role in educational outcomes, attainment among pupils from Bangladeshi, black African and Chinese backgrounds who are on free school meals (FSM) has improved dramatically in the past decade. *** “Several…
GCSE pupils from poor Chinese families do three times better than whites
The Daily Mail’s Eleanor Harding cites findings from our Class Differences: Ethnicity and disadvantage report. Pupils of Chinese descent from disadvantaged homes are almost three times as likely as white…
Sir Peter Lampl responds to Justine Greening’s speech
Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Sutton Trust, welcomed Justine Greening’s commitment to tackling inequalities in grammar schools and urged radical change to their recruitment practices in…