…towers of Westminster – seem a million miles away from a crumbling social housing estate in the North East. The challenge for organisations like ours is to reach these communities…
Education is just the job for NEETS
…couldn’t forget this frighteningfact when Andreas published his latest edition of Education at a Glance, the compendium of international education statistics, on Tuesday. His report showed that young people in…
Real choice for the squeezed middle
Sir Peter Lampl says that a system of real apprenticeships could help young people in the squeezed middle Today’s report from Alan Milburn’s Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission suggests…
Ballots and Banding
…a significant minority, particularly in urban areas including London, the admissions system will have been fraught with anxieties and complexity. Today’s London School of Economics report for the Trust, Ballots…
Sir Peter Lampl: We don’t need no grandiose education
…Oxbridge than 2,000 state schools and colleges combined. While the gap in GCSE results between pupils from the poorest homes — those entitled to free school meals — and other…
Lee Elliot Major: Is Michael Gove correct that the private and state school gap has narrowed significantly?
…than 2,000 comprehensives and colleges nationally. More worrying is the career prospects gap. Our research shows 60 per cent of leaders in the financial services sector are from independent schools,…