…that investigated a number of US match funding schemes and found that between 2000 and 2003 these schemes raised $363m (£191m), of which $276m (£145m) came from private sources –…
No two journeys: Accents and dialects
…students attend a university less than 55 miles away from their home. Furthermore, over three times more students in the lowest social class group commute from home than do so…
School Funding and Pupil Premium 2025
…https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/new-poll-reveals-major-increase-in-cash-strapped-schools-cutting-staff Cuts to staffing, equipment and tutoring budgets will hit lower income students the hardest https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/cuts-to-staffing-equipment-and-tutoring-budgets-will-hit-lower-income-students-the-hardest/ grid 88% The proportion of senior leaders who say that pupil premium funding is…
Delivery depends on detail
…those with a higher profile. It is true that there are now 4000 academies, scores of free schools and that the curriculum is being made more knowledge-focused, with exams toughened…
International inequalities
…least advantaged five year olds biggest in the US, but UK still lags behind Canada and Australia https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/reading-gap-between-most-and-least-advantaged-five-year-olds-biggest-in-the-us-but-uk-still-lags-behind-canada-and-australia/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Educational inequalities are large in the UK,…
Sir Peter Lampl responds to the Queen’s speech
…away from compulsory academisation, but the plan to require many more schools to become academies requires more excellent multi academy trusts. Our research has shown that the quality of existing…