…in school leaders reporting spending cuts, with primary schools hit hardest by funding pressures https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/sharp-increase-in-school-leaders-reporting-spending-cuts-with-primary-schools-hit-hardest-by-funding-pressures/ Balancing budgets: Schools forced to make increasing cuts to staff and activities amid funding crisis…
COSMO: The COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities Study
…study to develop our own programmes for young people. The first findings were published in 2022. 6 27326 https://www.kantarpublic.com/?utm_source=kantarUKI&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=public-website Supporters 27265 https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education 27273 https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/ 27271 https://www.adruk.org/ 27270 https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/ 27272 https://taso.org.uk/…
Inequality in early years education
…education for all young children https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/lack-of-policy-action-risks-widening-attainment-gap-and-worsening-the-quality-of-education-for-all-young-children/ Overview 1 blue-dark Just 20% of families in the bottom third of the earnings distribution are eligible for the existing offer of 30 hours…
Freedom to teach well?
Conor Ryan says that arguments over free schools miss the importance of reducing in-school differences in the quality of teaching. The damning Ofsted report on the Al-Madinah free school in…
School Funding and Pupil Premium 2022
…of living. 20220421 2022 29307 8 1 Two thirds of primary heads report insufficient catch-up funding https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/school-funding-and-pupil-premium-2022/ Feeling the squeeze? Catch-up and cost of living crisis impacting schools https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/feeling-the-squeeze-catch-up-and-cost-of-living-crisis-impacting-schools/ 57%…
Bright, poor students are being let down in academy chain schools, suggests study
Our fourth yearly Chain Effects report on academy chains and disadvantaged students is covered by Rachael Pells in The Independent. Read the full article here….