…Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust and the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “Competition for school places in London is fiercer than ever but our research shows that it…
Faith schools ‘shunning poor pupils’
…disadvantaged pupils that is at least 9.2 percentage points different from the communities they serve. It said many of these select on faith-based criteria, which prioritise middle class families who…
Block on poor kids
…survey into 1,500 schools suggests they use complex entry rules which penalise disadvantaged pupils. Chairman Sir Peter Lampl said: “Today’s findings warn us that primary school admissions are far from…
Call to tighten admissions to primaries as over 1,500 are shown to be highly socially selective
…The Sutton Trust has previously published research on admissions to comprehensive schools highlighting the social selectivity of some comprehensives and grammar schools. See Selective Comprehensives and Poor Grammar. Our Parent…
Ofsted chief criticises independent schools’ lack of help for state schools
…academy.” Speaking at a conference on social mobility on Wednesday, Wilshaw added: “I think they should lose their tax subsidies and the reliefs they get from the Charity Commission unless…
Privately educated ‘still dominate professions’
BBC News covered our report on Leading People 2016 Leading British actors are more than twice as likely as stars in the music industry to have attended fee-paying schools, the…