…tuition, and additional teaching assistants in the school meanwhile were the most frequently cited priorities for the Pupil Premium, worth £600 a year for children on Free School Meals (see…
Londoners most likely to pay for extra tuition as demand remains high
…of students from better off families had received some private tuition, compared to just 15% from less well-off families, based on a family affluence scale. The Sutton Trust’s sister charity,…
Private school premium of £194,000 revealed in new report
…distributed across households incomes: The number of children coming from the top 10 per cent of household incomes would roughly halve; and, The proportion of children coming from the bottom…
Parent Power?
…higher percentage of middle class than of working class respondents were found in this group (ranging from 38% of group A to 13% of group D). 13% of respondents from…
Knowing the right people more important than a university degree
…social and ethnic background. University was deemed less important for young people from the least affluent families (61% compared with 67% in ‘high affluence’ households), and white pupils (62% compared…
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…