Richard Garner reported for The Independent and i newspapers on the new Sutton Trust/EPPSE report on bright disadvantaged pupils. Bright children from poor homes should be given “enrichment vouchers” to…
Schools ‘fail to stretch most able’
Sir Peter Lampl was quoted by Sean Coughlan on his BBC News report of a new Ofsted report. State secondary schools in England are not doing enough to stretch the…
‘Harman’s law’ revived to stop discrimination of poor
Sir Peter Lampl was quoted in the Sunday Times welcoming opposition plans to improve social mobility. PEOPLE from poor backgrounds will get similar protection from discrimination as those from ethnic…
European universities to be part of Ucas admissions
…at all. …… Denying students access to portable tuition loans risks shutting poorer students off from overseas study, according to Peter Lampl, chairman of education charity The Sutton Trust….
Stop levying VAT on sixth-form colleges, say MPs
…from having to pay VAT. Graham Stuart, the Conservative chairman of the Commons Education Select Committee, is leading a cross-party campaign by 75 MPs to persuade the Education Secretary, Nicky…
General election 2015: One third of MPs will be privately educated following vote in May
…a disproportionate amount attending Oxbridge. According to a study by the Sutton Trust, which campaigns on social mobility, 31% of candidates in winnable seats have attended fee-paid schools, compared to…